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Definition of marriageable in English: marriageableadjective ˈmarɪdʒəb(ə)lˈmɛrɪdʒəb(ə)l Fit or suitable for marriage, especially in being wealthy or of the right age. （尤指在财富或年龄方面）适婚的，适合婚嫁的 Example sentencesExamples - When these children come of marriageable age, they're not going to find girls for marriage, and life for girls is going to be very difficult.
- She glared at her remaining grandson of marriageable age.
- You are now going to be considered of marriageable age by those of the court.
- Girls became marriageable after graduation from the bush initiation school.
- He was well aware of the inherited risk, but as the pool of eligible marriageable Princesses in Europe was comparatively small, he eventually agreed to the arranged match.
- Women had long hair, but marriageable girls wore their hair twisted up into large whorls on either side of their heads.
- It always seemed to me that half the teenage young woman of the community deemed themselves of marriageable age and were out looking to be courted.
- You will see not only grown and marriageable daughters, but also quite little girls sitting out all over the place to sell their delicacies.
- It turned out that she had arranged for him to meet a queue - literally - of marriageable young ladies; each and every one of them convinced that she would be the next Duchess.
- While her green, gold, and red metallic body costume with its short skirt emphasizes her luxuriant sensuality, her waist beads indicate that she is marriageable and morally desirable.
- Such a distinction reflects the importance of society's expectations about marriage, and, more importantly, about marriageable age.
- Once a year, according to Herodotus, it was the Babylonian custom to assemble all the village girls of marriageable age and hold an auction.
- Because of this, many girls of marriageable age have become a burden on their parents.
- Bright colors are usually avoided, but scarlet is popular among girls of marriageable age.
- He said the practice was tolerated, especially among students who had reached marriageable age, but were still studying or teaching in the boarding schools.
- And now the first group of the ‘only-child generation’ are reaching marriageable age.
- On the negative side, they will have a harder and harder time finding marriageable men with comparable education levels…
- The rise over the first three years reflects increasing coverage, plus an annual 7.4% increase in numbers reaching marriageable age.
- The imbalance in the number of girls and boys of marriageable age is not the only cause of these social changes, and it will not persist for long.
- She has become the noble and marriageable daughter of a wealthy feudal lord.
Derivativesnoun marɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti A single untoward remark or social misstep by any family member can sink a prospective marriage; failed negotiations in turn put the family reputation - and thus the marriageability of every family member - at risk. Example sentencesExamples - This is the only function that is sex specific and thus essentially relates to the sex of the hero and his marriageability.
- They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family.
- Intellectual pursuits were considered as threatening a girl's femininity and potential marriageability.
- Circumcision is a way of protecting propriety, morality, and marriageability.
Definition of marriageable in US English: marriageableadjectiveˈmerijəb(ə)lˈmɛrɪdʒəb(ə)l Fit, suitable, or attractive for marriage, especially in being of the right age. （尤指在财富或年龄方面）适婚的，适合婚嫁的 Example sentencesExamples - Such a distinction reflects the importance of society's expectations about marriage, and, more importantly, about marriageable age.
- He was well aware of the inherited risk, but as the pool of eligible marriageable Princesses in Europe was comparatively small, he eventually agreed to the arranged match.
- Girls became marriageable after graduation from the bush initiation school.
- When these children come of marriageable age, they're not going to find girls for marriage, and life for girls is going to be very difficult.
- Bright colors are usually avoided, but scarlet is popular among girls of marriageable age.
- Once a year, according to Herodotus, it was the Babylonian custom to assemble all the village girls of marriageable age and hold an auction.
- He said the practice was tolerated, especially among students who had reached marriageable age, but were still studying or teaching in the boarding schools.
- She glared at her remaining grandson of marriageable age.
- Because of this, many girls of marriageable age have become a burden on their parents.
- While her green, gold, and red metallic body costume with its short skirt emphasizes her luxuriant sensuality, her waist beads indicate that she is marriageable and morally desirable.
- You are now going to be considered of marriageable age by those of the court.
- And now the first group of the ‘only-child generation’ are reaching marriageable age.
- The rise over the first three years reflects increasing coverage, plus an annual 7.4% increase in numbers reaching marriageable age.
- The imbalance in the number of girls and boys of marriageable age is not the only cause of these social changes, and it will not persist for long.
- Women had long hair, but marriageable girls wore their hair twisted up into large whorls on either side of their heads.
- She has become the noble and marriageable daughter of a wealthy feudal lord.
- On the negative side, they will have a harder and harder time finding marriageable men with comparable education levels…
- It turned out that she had arranged for him to meet a queue - literally - of marriageable young ladies; each and every one of them convinced that she would be the next Duchess.
- It always seemed to me that half the teenage young woman of the community deemed themselves of marriageable age and were out looking to be courted.
- You will see not only grown and marriageable daughters, but also quite little girls sitting out all over the place to sell their delicacies.
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