dowries

dowries

美 [?da?ri] 　英 ['da?ri]

• n.嫁妝；天賦；〈古〉寡婦(繼承亡夫的一份)產業
• 網絡陪嫁；陪送；嫁資

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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.

他從裁縫店和農場掙的錢使他可以購買家畜，為自己的女兒們買嫁妝。

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

在印度部分地區，據說嫁妝的花銷已經降低（見文章）。

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

在印度部分地區，陪送女兒的嫁妝據說也減少了。

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

有時交換率牽涉到實際的錢或財產，表現為嫁妝或聘禮，她補充道。

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

作為女兒陪嫁的奩產，在唐宋時期是普遍存在的，只是種類和數量因各個家庭的貧富而不同。

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

貴族家庭不愿意為超過一個女兒辦嫁妝，那其余的女兒就被丟棄在修道院。

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

據說，婚禮和嫁妝的花銷數字驚人，而這些數字還在逐年增長。

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

這些水井變成了社會地位的象征，甚至可以作為許多家庭女兒的嫁妝。

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

許多家庭常常因籌備婚禮和準備豐厚嫁妝而負債累累。

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，他的錢不夠給女兒當嫁妝。

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

沒有嫁妝，也就是說沒有錢可以給夫家的話，他可憐的女兒就不能結婚。

One measure is the practice of giving dowries.

其中一個衡量是給嫁妝的習俗。

People pay a lot of attention to dowries.

對嫁妝是非常講究的。

Chopsticks are traditionally placed in brides' dowries

筷子在傳統上是被當作新娘的嫁妝的，

sometimes , dowries are paid to the women ' s families

有的時候會付嫁妝給女方的家人。