dowries

dowries

美 [ˈdaʊri] 　英 ['daʊri]

• n.嫁妆；天赋；〈古〉寡妇(继承亡夫的一份)产业
• 网络陪嫁；陪送；嫁资

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The money he earned from tailoring , and crop farming allowed him to buy livestock, necessary for the dowries of his daughters.

他从裁缝店和农场挣的钱使他可以购买家畜，为自己的女儿们买嫁妆。

In parts of India, the cost of dowries is said to have fallen (see article).

在印度部分地区，据说嫁妆的花销已经降低（见文章）。

In parts of India, the cost of dowries is said to have fallen .

在印度部分地区，陪送女儿的嫁妆据说也减少了。

Exchange rates sometimes involved real money or property, in the form of dowries or bride prices, she noted.

有时交换率牵涉到实际的钱或财产，表现为嫁妆或聘礼，她补充道。

Dowries for daughters were widespread in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The kinds and quantity varied from different family situations.

作为女儿陪嫁的奁产，在唐宋时期是普遍存在的，只是种类和数量因各个家庭的贫富而不同。

Aristocratic families were loth to stump up dowries for more than one daughter. The rest were walled away.

贵族家庭不愿意为超过一个女儿办嫁妆，那其余的女儿就被丢弃在修道院。

That said there's an obscene amount of spending on weddings and dowries and these amounts are growing from year to year.

据说，婚礼和嫁妆的花销数字惊人，而这些数字还在逐年增长。

The wells become status symbols, included by many families in their daughters' dowries.

这些水井变成了社会地位的象征，甚至可以作为许多家庭女儿的嫁妆。

Families often go into debt arranging marriages and paying elaborate dowries.

许多家庭常常因筹备婚礼和准备丰厚嫁妆而负债累累。

In ancient times, a man didn't have enough money for his three daughters' dowries .

很久很久以前，有一名男子，他的钱不够给女儿当嫁妆。

Without dowries , money given to the husbands' families, his poor daughters couldn't get married.

没有嫁妆，也就是说没有钱可以给夫家的话，他可怜的女儿就不能结婚。

One measure is the practice of giving dowries.

其中一个衡量是给嫁妆的习俗。

People pay a lot of attention to dowries.

对嫁妆是非常讲究的。

Chopsticks are traditionally placed in brides' dowries

筷子在传统上是被当作新娘的嫁妆的，

sometimes , dowries are paid to the women ' s families

有的时候会付嫁妆给女方的家人。