dowry

noun

1. （新娘的）嫁妆，陪嫁
   money and/or property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband when they get married
2. （新郎给新娘家的）彩礼，财礼
   money and/or property that, in some societies, a husband must pay to his wife's family when they get married

1. N-COUNT 嫁妆;陪嫁
   A woman's dowry is the money and goods which, in some cultures, her family gives to the man that she marries.
   1. The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
      她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。

1. The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
   她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。
2. If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.
   如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。
3. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
   她有黄金和珍珠做奁资，不过她的黄金在她的头上，珍珠在她的口中。
4. A bride's parents often buy a whole set of white goods as a dowry.
   新娘的父母通常都买一整套的家用电器作为嫁妆陪嫁。
5. Usually the bride's dowry shall be sent to the bridegroom's family by the day before the wedding day.
   婚礼进行前一天，新娘的嫁妆要被送到新郎家。
6. Q traditional dowry normally consists of valuable items such as jewellery embroidered beddings, kitchen utensils and furniture.
   传统嫁妆通常会包括一些值钱的物品，比如珠宝、刺绣的床上用品、厨具和家具。
7. The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
   那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
8. The groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry.
   新郎和他的亲戚来接新娘及嫁妆回家。
9. How could I utter for shame that I keep for my dowry this poverty.
   我又怎能抱愧地说我的妆奁就是贫穷。
10. Bringing bad harvest and drought as my dowry.
    把歉收和干旱作为嫁妆带过来。
11. My Uncle's family are busy preparing for her dowry.
    我舅舅一家人都为她的婚礼嫁妆做了充分的准备。
12. The wife lost her dowry and her lands.
    这个妇人失去了嫁妆和地产。
13. In societies where the groom had to pay for his bride, the dowry served as a return gift.
    在新郎必须想新娘的佳人支付金钱以迎娶新娘的社会里，嫁妆就起着回赠礼物的作用。
14. After a few moths, the groom and his relatives come for the bride and take her to his home along with the dowry. Together with the bride to the house of the husband, the dowry became the woman's private property in her new home.
    过了两三个月以后，新娘及他的亲属们前来接新娘，把她和她的嫁妆一起带回丈夫家。嫁妆跟随妇女由娘家到婆家，成为她们在新家庭中的私产。
15. We went to check yoon-ju's dowry presents today.
    今天我们去看了勇俊的嫁妆。
16. The cost of the wedding can be viewed as an outgrowth of the dowry custom.
    婚礼的费用可被看作是嫁妆习俗的产物。
17. Big brother helped out a lot with the wedding dowry.
    哥为了嫁妆的事操了不少心。
18. The last step before the actual wedding is to negotiate the dowry price.
    婚礼前的最后一步是实际谈判的嫁妆价格。
19. He married you for dowry.
    他娶你是为了你的嫁妆。
20. Perhaps she needs a dowry.
    也可能嫁女需要昂贵的嫁妆。
21. His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
    他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。
22. The dowry was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all her husband's property.
    妻子的嫁妆使她有权获得其丈夫十分之一的财物。
23. She promises, as her dowry, one half of the western empire.
    她许诺，将以帝国的一半，作为她的嫁妆。
24. A married woman's personal property exclusive of her dowry, according to common law.
    妻子的财产按照习惯法，已婚妇女除嫁妆以外的个人财产。
25. It is believed that three poor sisters could not marry because they had no money for a dowry.
    据说有三个姐妹因为没钱办嫁妆而不能结婚。
26. Suspicion, discontent, and strife, come in for dowry with a wife& Robert Herrick, poet.
    怀疑、不满和冲突作为嫁妆，随老婆一起到来&罗伯特。赫利克，诗人。
27. Her father give her the two book He has write as her dowry
    作为她的嫁妆，她父亲将自己写的两本书给了她
28. I had to give back a portion of the dowry after the divorce.
    离婚后，我不得不归还我的那份嫁妆。
29. The daughter's dowry or wedding feast is so pitiably small.
    这个女儿的嫁妆或结婚宴席实在寒碜得可怜。

noun

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

   Synonym:    dowerydowerportion