courtship

来自court, 宫廷。原指侍臣对君主的态度，后词义外延不断扩大。

courtship (n.)

1570s, "behavior of a courtier," from court (n.) + -ship. Meaning "paying court to a woman with intention of marriage" is from 1590s.

1. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.

经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。

来自柯林斯例句

2. After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.

恋爱没多长时间，她就接受了他的求婚。

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3. They were more interested in courtship and cars than in school.

比起上学，他们对谈恋爱和汽车更感兴趣。

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4. Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.

雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己，并发出一些声响。

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5. They married after a short courtship.

他们恋爱不久便结婚了。

来自《权威词典》

1. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);

"its was a brief and intense courtship"

They married after a short courtship.

他们恋爱不久便结婚了。

牛津词典

Mr Elton's courtship of Harriet

埃尔顿先生对哈丽雅特的追求

牛津词典

courtship displays

求偶的炫耀行为

牛津词典

the company's courtship by the government

政府向公司献殷勤

牛津词典

...elaborate courtship dances.

复杂的求偶舞

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They were more interested in courtship and cars than in school...

比起上学，他们对谈恋爱和汽车更感兴趣。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.

恋爱没多长时间，她就接受了他的求婚。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.

雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己，并发出一些声响。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The courtship behavior between the animal often oneself to to seek similar action and expressive pattern.

动物之间的求偶行为往往致力于寻找相似的行为和表达模式.

期刊摘选

Superb underwater photography reveals new manta ray behaviour including breathtaking footage of their ritual courtship dances.

本片利用水下镜头揭示了蝠鲼的习性,甚至拍到了他们独特的求偶舞.

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After a whirlwind courtship, they married and went to live in Bath.

经过一场旋风式恋爱, 他们结了婚,到巴斯生活去了.

《简明英汉词典》

The courtship ended and after that no one ever again called him Hoxy.

追求不了了之,从此以后也没有人再次叫他霍克区.

辞典例句

It mattered only at the beginning of their courtship, she says.

她说即便男友不送任何礼物,让情人节平平淡淡过去, 她也不会感到难过.

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With almost everyone short on time, formal courtship went the way of typewriters.

因为大家的时间都不多, 因此正式求婚就像打字机一样快.

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One of the strangest sights in nature is the courtship dance of the flamingo.

火烈鸟的求偶舞是大自然最奇怪的景象之一.

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He won her heart after a brief courtship.

经过短时期的追求,他便赢得了她的芳心.

辞典例句

Her day of love and the mysteries of courtship were still ahead.

她还没有恋爱,谈情说爱对她来说还是个神秘的谜.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

Amorous companions need to feel wanted and appreciated. Courtship keeps the romance in a relationship.

相爱的伴侣需要感到自己被对方所需要和所欣赏.

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This is a very good practice of free courtship for the Jingpo yong people.

其实,“串姑娘”是景颇族青年一种极好的自由恋爱方式.

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Besides appearance, the another courtship standard of Chinese man is to care about the age extremely.

除了长相, 中国男人的另一条求偶标准是极其在乎年龄.

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Its was a brief and intense courtship.

这是一次短暂而热烈的求爱.

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If she was a prudent girl, she had to find some way to encourage his courtship.

姑娘如果有点心计,就会用某种方式鼓励他的追求.

辞典例句

She was swept off her feet by a whirlwind courtship.

狂热的求爱使她控制不住自己的感情.

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After a quick courtship they married.

他们经过一番短暂的恋爱就结婚了.

《简明英汉词典》

Adelie penguins, for instance, employ yawning as part of their courtship ritual.

比如说吧, 对大型企鹅来讲, 张大嘴打哈欠就是它们求偶仪式中的一部分.

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They married after a brief courtship.

他们恋爱不久就结婚了.

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He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.

他们都说瑞崎和麻烦有场不解姻缘,都说瑞崎深切迷恋枪支.

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Because of the war they were obliged to conduct their courtship by post.

由于战争,他们只得通过写信谈恋爱.

《简明英汉词典》

They married after a short courtship.

他们恋爱不久便结婚了。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文