marital

marital — adjective

1. relating to the institution of marriage or to the relationship between two peopl

1.形容詞B2
釋義

relating to the institution of marriage or to the relationship between two people who are husband and wife

例句

Yuna and Karim decided to keep their marital problems private from friends and family.

collocation: marital problems

The application form asks for your full name, date of birth, and marital status.

collocation: marital status

同義詞
  • conjugal

    more formal and legal in tone; often refers to the rights and duties between spouses (e.g., conjugal rights)

  • matrimonial

    formal register; used mainly in legal and financial contexts (e.g., matrimonial home, matrimonial assets)

  • nuptial

    very formal and narrowly about the wedding ceremony itself, not ongoing married life

  • married

    describes the personal state of having a spouse; cannot replace marital before nouns like 'status' or 'problems'

文法句型

marital + noun

用法筆記

Marital is an attributive adjective — it is almost always placed before a noun (e.g., marital status, marital problems). It is not used predicatively: ❌ 'Their relationship is marital.' Use married instead for the personal state of being a husband or wife.

常見錯誤

❌She is not marital yet.
✅She is not married yet.
💡Marital describes things connected with marriage (e.g., status, problems), not a person's state. Use married for personal status.