marriage of convenience

短语

[法] 基于利害关系的结婚

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词形变化

marriages of convenience 复数 marriages of convenience

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; for example, one conducted to obtain residence rights in a country, for financial gain, or for political purposes.

    权宜婚姻

    政治婚姻

  2. 2.

    A big tent alliance of disparate factions (such as political factions).

    比喻

    Libertarians and the Religious Right make odd bedfellows, but that marriage of convenience in the Republican Party has stuck around since the 1980s.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

marriage union matrimony wedlock

词源

Calque of French mariage de convenance.

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