marry用法聚焦

李建高

marry是個常用詞，也是中考經常考查的單詞之一。它既可用作及物動詞，也可用作不及物動詞。為了幫助同學們正確理解和使用這個單詞，現將它的主要用法介紹如下：

【焦點一】marry用作及物動詞

1. marry意為“（和某人）結婚;嫁;娶”。例如：

She married her husband three years ago. 她是3年前和她丈夫結婚的。

The famous actress married a Frenchman. 這位著名的女演員嫁給了一個法國人。

My brother married the daughter of a teacher. 我的哥哥娶了一位教師的女兒。

It’s said that they were married before liberation. 據說他們是新中國成立前結的婚。

2. marry意為“給（兒子）娶媳婦”或“把（女兒）嫁給某人”，句子的主語通常為家長。例如：

Mr. Green married his daughter to an engineer. 格林先生把女兒嫁給了一位工程師。

My father’s trying to marry me to his friend’s daughter. 我父親想讓我娶他朋友的女兒。

3. marry意為“為……證婚;為……主持婚禮”，句子的主語通常為牧師、神父、家長等。例如：

Which minister is going to marry them？ 哪位牧師來為他們主持婚禮？

The old priest is going to marry the young couple. 這位老神父將為這對年輕人證婚。

An old friend married them last week. 上周，一位老朋友為他們主持了婚禮。

【焦點二】marry用作不及物動詞

1. marry意為“結婚”，需用主動語態，常與一些副詞或時間狀語連用。例如：

Did he marry early or late？ 他結婚早還是晚？

They are going to marry next week. 他們將在下周結婚。

The young couple married in 2015. 那對年輕夫婦在2015年結了婚。

She didn’t marry until she was over forty. 她直到40多歲時才結婚。

The girl married into a rich family. 那個女孩嫁到了有錢的人家。

2. get married （to sb） 意為“與……結婚;嫁給……”，不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用。例如：

Have you got married？ 你結婚了嗎？

They didn’t get married until thirty-five. 他們倆直到35歲才結婚。

The young couple have fallen in love with each other for years and will get married next month.

這對年輕人相愛多年，將于下個月結婚。

Anna plans to get married to her boyfriend in September. 安娜計劃9月和她的男朋友結婚。

Miss Li has got married to a doctor. 李小姐嫁給了一位醫生。

Jane got married to her husband immediately after graduation. 簡一畢業就嫁給了她丈夫。

3. be married （to sb） 意為“與……結婚;嫁給……”，可與表示一段時間的狀語連用。例如：

Are you married？ 你結婚了嗎？

My parents have been married for more than twenty years. 我的父母結婚已經20多年了。

She was married to a foreigner， but has no children. 她嫁給了一個外國人，但還沒有生孩子。

【焦點三】使用marry的注意事項

1. marry用作及物動詞時，后面直接跟賓語，不能與with連用，即用“A marry B”句式。例如：

譯：他想要與愛麗絲結婚，但是她嫁給了別人。

（×） He wanted to marry with Alice， but she married someone else.

（√） He wanted to marry Alice， but she married someone else.

2. marry為短暫性動詞，其肯定式不能與表示一段時間的狀語連用。若要表示“結婚多長時間了”，要用系表結構be married或It is ... since句式。例如：

譯：他們結婚已經5年了。

（×） They have married for five years.

（√） They married five years ago.

（√） They were married five years ago.

（√） They got married five years ago.

（√） They have been married for five years.

（√） It is / has been five years since they got married.

鞏固練習

用marry， get married或be married的正確形式填空。

1. Last week Miss Zhao and Mr Zhang .

2. —When did you ？

—I’ve for over ten years.

3. John is going to Jane this Spring Festival.

4. My good friend， Lucy， is going to to a famous doctor.

參考答案： 1. got / were married 2. get married; been married

3. marry 4. be / get married