表示「結婚這個動作/事件」,不直接接受詞。若要提到對象,用介系詞 to(e.g., get married to Jenny)。與 be married(已婚的狀態)區分;與 marry(及物動詞,直接接人)區分。常見時態:過去式 got married(已完成的結婚事件),現在進行式 be getting married(已安排的將來)。
範例:
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My cousin will get married next month.
我表哥下個月要結婚。
其他形式:
get married to (someone)
提到結婚對象時一定用 to,不用 with。e.g., He got married to Amy.(對)/ He got married with Amy.(錯)。
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Jenny got married to a software engineer last year.
珍妮去年和一位軟體工程師結婚。
be married (to someone)
表示「已婚的狀態」,常與 for + 一段時間 搭配。對象也用 to。e.g., They have been married for ten years.
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My parents have been married for twenty years.
我爸媽已經結婚二十年了。
marry (someone)
marry 是及物動詞,後面可直接接人,不需介系詞。e.g., She married him.(對);She married with him.(錯)。
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She married her high school sweetheart.
她和她的高中男友結婚了。
常見錯誤
✗
I get married last year.
✓
I got married last year.
描述過去已發生的結婚事件要用過去式 got married,而不是現在式 get married。
✗
She will get marry next week.
✓
She will get married next week.
在片語 get married 中,married 是形容詞,不能用動詞原形 marry;正確用法為 get + 形容詞。
✗
He got married with Amy.
✓
He got married to Amy.
提到結婚對象時介系詞用 to,不用 with。注意 married with 在美式英語中表示「已婚且有…」例如 married with two kids(已婚並有兩個小孩)。
✗
She married with him.
✓
She married him.
marry 為及物動詞,後面直接接受詞,不需要介系詞 with/to。
同義詞與反義詞
同義
marry
(與…結婚)
動詞,後面可直接接人(She married Tom.);get married 不直接接受詞,常用 get married to + 人。