married
married — adjective
1. describes a person who has a legally recognised husband or wife and is no longer
describes a person who has a legally recognised husband or wife and is no longer single
Quan and his wife have been married for twelve years now.
The hotel offers special discounts for married couples.
attributive use: married couples / married people
My sister's married name is Chen, but she uses her maiden name at work.
Are there any married people in this yoga class?
Renata said married life has been much better than she expected.
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
2. to enter into a legal marriage through a ceremony, becoming someone's husband or
to enter into a legal marriage through a ceremony, becoming someone's husband or wife
Walid and Diya got married in a small ceremony by the lake.
get married + place phrase
My cousin plans to get married to her boyfriend next spring.
get married to someone
Quan's parents got married after knowing each other for only six months.
When did your parents get married — was it before or after college?
Justin and Iris got married at the city hall with just two witnesses.
- tie the knot
informal idiom, very common in speech
- wed
formal or literary; used in official contexts
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
3. so committed to an activity, usually one's job, that it leaves little room for o
so committed to an activity, usually one's job, that it leaves little room for other interests or relationships
Tariro is so married to her job that she rarely takes a day off.
married to + job/work
My uncle is married to his career and has no interest in dating.
Some lawyers become so completely married to their work that they forget to eat.
After the promotion, Imran felt even more married to the company than before.
Élise stayed married to her research project for nearly three years without a break.
- 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
- detached
emotionally uninvolved
- uncommitted
not dedicated or loyal to any particular activity
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
married — noun
1. a person who has a husband or wife, especially when referred to as part of a gro
a person who has a husband or wife, especially when referred to as part of a group of people in the same situation
The resort by the beach was full of young marrieds on their honeymoons.
plural noun: young marrieds
The church downtown has a special discussion group for newly marrieds.
The magazine surveyed young marrieds about their financial habits.
Many young marrieds find it hard to save money for their first home.
- newlywed
refers specifically to someone who married recently, not all married people
文法句型
the marrieds
young marrieds
newly marrieds
用法筆記
Almost always used in the plural form (marrieds). Common with modifiers such as 'young' or 'newly'. The singular form is extremely rare and sounds dated.