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。
The unidentified Saudi holidaymaker proposed marriage to a 17-year-old village girl and offered a dowry of about 28,000 dollars as well as gold jewellery, the source said. 这位身分不明的沙乌地度假客向一名17岁村落女孩求婚,同时提供价值约28,000美元的嫁妆与黄金珠宝,消息来源指出。
The Collectorship brings in forty thousand francs a year and, during the ten years he has held it, he has paid off his bond and set about putting a dowry for my sister to one side. 这个职务给他每年带来四万法郎的收入,十年做下来,他已偿还了保证金,并且还替我妹妹攒下了嫁妆。