affiance

英 [ə'faɪəns] 美 [ə'faɪəns]
  • vt. 使订婚
  • n. 婚约;信托
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affiance (v.)
1520s, "to promise," from Old French afiancier "to pledge, promise, give one's word," from afiance (n.) "confidence, trust," from afier "to trust," from Late Latin affidare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fidare "to trust," from fidus "faithful" from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith). From mid-16c. especially "to promise in marriage." Related: Affianced; affiancing.
1. The two families struck an affiance, and kept a record.
他们俩家定下了婚约, 立此存照.

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2. Affiance is a contract in essence.
婚约性质从本质上说应属一种契约.

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