• n. 求愛(ài)；求婚；求愛(ài)期

來(lái)自court, 宮廷。原指侍臣對(duì)君主的態(tài)度，后詞義外延不斷擴(kuò)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.

經(jīng)過(guò)3個(gè)周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了倫道夫的求婚。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

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

戀愛(ài)沒(méi)多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，她就接受了他的求婚。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

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

比起上學(xué)，他們對(duì)談戀愛(ài)和汽車(chē)更感興趣。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

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

雄性動(dòng)物在求偶時(shí)會(huì)盡量展示自己，并發(fā)出一些聲響。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. They married after a short courtship.

他們戀愛(ài)不久便結(jié)婚了。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》