| 词组 | marry |
| 释义 | marry [married, married, marrying] marry above marry above yourself/marry above your station old-fashioned to marry someone of a higher social class than your own: ▪ In the book, Rose Trelawny is a singer who tries to marry above her station. ■ OPPOSITE: marry beneath you/yourselfold-fashioned marry beneath marry beneath you/yourself to marry someone of a lower social class than your own: ▪ People said that Elsie had married beneath her, when she married James Abott, a farm worker. ■ OPPOSITE: marry above yourself marry into marry into sth to marry someone from a particular family or social group, especially a rich or important one, and so become part of it: ▪ Douglas Robinson married into the Roosevelt family of Oyster Bay. marry off marry off sb • marry sb off old-fashioned to arrange for someone, especially a female member of your family, to get married or to marry someone you have chosen: ▪ In country areas it was common for fathers to marry off their daughters when they reached twelve or thirteen. + to ▪ The Duke's daughter, Anne, was seized and married off to Charles V111 of France. marry out marry out old-fashioned to marry someone whose religion or social background is different to your own: ▪ A lot of Jewish people were frightened that their children might marry out and raise their children as non-Jews. + of ▪ The film centres on a clever young man who marries out of his working-class background. marry up marry up • marry up sth • marry sth up BrE old-fashioned if two things marry up or if you marry them up, they join together or connect + with ▪ The two halves can then be trimmed and married up. ▪ The new parts should marry up with the old system. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑connect |
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