marry
- v. 结婚, 娶, 嫁
- Definition
- v. to become someone's husband or wife in a formal ceremony
- Example
- They plan to marry next summer at a small beach.
- 他们计划明年夏天在一个小海滩上结婚。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to get married to someone (verb).
比较义项：结婚，与某人成为夫妻（动词）。
- marry 本词
The plain, everyday word for getting married; used in ordinary speech, legal contexts and casual conversation without sounding formal or old-fashioned.
“结婚”最普通、最常用的说法，用于日常口语、法律语境和随意的对话中，不会显得正式或过时。
My sister is going to marry her boyfriend next spring, and I can't wait!
我妹妹明年春天要和她男友结婚了，我都迫不及待了！
- espouse
An archaic or literary word meaning to marry someone; rarely used with this meaning in modern English, mostly appearing in historical fiction or old texts.
一个古旧、文学性的词，意为“娶”或“嫁”；在现代英语中很少以这个意思使用，多出现在历史小说或古老文本中。
In the old tale, the young lord espoused a princess from a distant land.
在那个古老的故事里，年轻的领主娶了一位来自遥远国度的公主。
- wed
A formal or literary word for marrying, common in news headlines, wedding announcements and set phrases like newly-wed; less common in casual speech than marry.
一个正式或文学性的词，意为“结婚”，常见于新闻标题、结婚公告，以及像 newly-wed（新婚）这样的固定说法；在日常口语中不如 marry 常用。
The prince and his fiancée are set to wed at Westminster Abbey next June.
王子和他的未婚妻定于明年六月在威斯敏斯特教堂完婚。
Marry, espouse, and wed all mean to get married. Marry is the plain, everyday word. Wed is more formal, common in news headlines and wedding announcements. Espouse is archaic here; its usual modern meaning, to support an idea, is not compared.
这三个词在“结婚”这一义项上意思相近，但语域和使用频率不同：marry 是最常用的中性说法，wed 更正式，常见于新闻标题和请柬；espouse 在这个意义上已经过时，现代英语中几乎只在文学或历史语境中才会使用。这里不比较 espouse 更常见的“支持、拥护（某种观点）”的意思。