get married

IPA/ɡɛt mˈaɹid/
IPA/ɡɛt mˈæɹid/

get married — 慣用語

1. to officially become someone's husband or wife, usually in a wedding where two p

1.慣用語不及物A2
釋義

結婚

兩人正式結為夫妻，建立婚姻關係

to officially become someone's husband or wife, usually in a wedding where two people promise to share their lives together

例句

Owen and Isabela got married in a small garden last summer.

Owen 和 Isabela 去年夏天在一座小花園裡結婚了。

get married in [place] for the wedding setting

Ritu wants to get married before she turns thirty next year.

Ritu 想在明年滿三十歲之前結婚。

want to get married + time clause

同義詞
  • tie the knot

    informal and friendly; common in casual or celebratory talk

  • wed

    more formal or literary; often seen in news and announcements

  • marry

    can take a direct object ('marry someone'); 'get married' is intransitive

反義詞
  • get divorced

    to legally end a marriage

  • split up

    informal; to end a relationship, which need not be a legal marriage

文法句型

get married

get married to [someone]

get married in [place]

用法筆記

Often takes 'to' when the partner is named ('get married to Owen'), never 'with'. The couple can be the joint subject ('Owen and Isabela got married'), or one person can be the subject with the partner introduced by 'to'.

常見錯誤

❌Shirin got married with a teacher from Lima.
✅Shirin got married to a teacher from Lima.
💡the partner follows 'to', never 'with'.
❌Femi and Élise are married since 2019.
✅Femi and Élise have been married since 2019.
💡'get married' is the event; for the ongoing state use 'be/been married'.