married

/ˈmærid/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmærid/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmer-ēd ˈma-rēd/ (ame, mw)

married — 形容詞

  • marriedpositive
  • more marriedcomparative
  • most marriedsuperlative

1. describes a person who has a legally recognised husband or wife and is no longer

1.形容詞A2
釋義

已婚的

已結婚、有配偶的

describes a person who has a legally recognised husband or wife and is no longer single

例句

Quan and his wife have been married for twelve years now.

Quan 和他的妻子已經結婚十二年了。

The hotel offers special discounts for married couples.

這家飯店給已婚夫妻特別優惠。

attributive use: married couples / married people

同義詞
  • wedded

    very formal or literary; not used in everyday conversation

  • hitched

    informal slang, common in casual speech ('get hitched')

反義詞

文法句型

be married

married + noun

用法筆記

Can be placed before a noun (a married woman) or after a linking verb (they are married). The opposite states are single or divorced.

常見錯誤

❌I am married with John.
✅I am married to John.
💡the preposition after 'married' is always 'to', never 'with'.

2. to enter into a legal marriage through a ceremony, becoming someone's husband or

2.形容詞A2
釋義

結婚

透過儀式結為夫妻

to enter into a legal marriage through a ceremony, becoming someone's husband or wife

例句

Walid and Diya got married in a small ceremony by the lake.

Walid 和 Diya 在湖邊舉行了一場小型婚禮。

get married + place phrase

My cousin plans to get married to her boyfriend next spring.

我表妹打算明年春天跟她男友結婚。

get married to someone

同義詞
  • tie the knot

    informal idiom, very common in speech

  • wed

    formal or literary; used in official contexts

反義詞
  • divorce

    the legal ending of a marriage

  • separate

    to stop living together without legally divorcing

文法句型

get married

get married to someone

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 describes the ongoing state (be married); sense 2 describes the event of entering that state (get married). In everyday English, 'get married' is far more common than 'marry' as a verb for the ceremony.

常見錯誤

❌We married last weekend.' (grammatically correct but very formal)
✅We got married last weekend.
💡'get married' is the natural choice in everyday English.

3. so committed to an activity, usually one's job, that it leaves little room for o

3.形容詞B2
釋義

投入的

全心投入事業或活動

so committed to an activity, usually one's job, that it leaves little room for other interests or relationships

例句

Tariro is so married to her job that she rarely takes a day off.

Tariro 全心投入工作，很少休假。

married to + job/work

My uncle is married to his career and has no interest in dating.

我叔叔全心投入事業，對談戀愛沒興趣。

同義詞
  • devoted

    positive connotation; less intense than 'married to'

  • dedicated

    strong commitment, but still allows for other interests

  • consumed by

    suggests the activity takes over one's entire life

反義詞

文法句型

be married to + noun phrase

用法筆記

Always used figuratively with 'to' + a non-person noun phrase (job, career, company, project). The object is never a person — saying 'married to my friend' here would be understood literally, not figuratively.

常見錯誤

❌She is married with her job.
✅She is married to her job.
💡even in the figurative sense, the preposition is 'to', never 'with'.

married — 名詞