"'His betrothed!' cried she, now at the utmost pitch of her excitement. 'Virginie betrothed to Clement?--no! thank heaven, not so bad as that! Yet it might have been. But mademoiselle scorned my son! She would have nothing to do with him. Now is the time for him to have nothing to do with her!"英文原著 · 《My Lady Ludlow》
So this is your love, Rose! Ah, you won't let me die--won't you? THEN I'LL DO WORSE--I'LL TELL."
"He who is dead; you have murdered him amongst you, and I'll follow him in spite of you all--he was my betrothed. He struggled wounded, bleeding, to my feet. He found me married. News came of my husband's death; I married my betrothed."
"Married him!" exclaimed the baroness. "Ah, my poor mother. And she kissed me so kindly just now--she will kiss me no more.英文原著 · 《White Lies》
Of a blind beggar's daughter most bright, That late was betroth-ed unto a young knight; All the discourse thereof you did see; But now comes the wedding of pretty Bessee.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
She--have you seen her, Doctor?"
`The shrieks and the cries were audible there, though subdued by the distance. He referred to them, as if she were lying in our presence. `I said, "I have seen her."
`"She is my sister, Doctor. They have had their shameful rights, these Nobles, in the modesty and virtue of our sisters, many years, but M have had good girls among us. I know it, and have heard my father say so. She was a good girl. She was betrothed to a good young man, too: a tenant of his. We are all tenants of his--that man's who stands there.英文原著 · 《A TALE OF TWO CITIES》
He said nothing; and she continued: "If you insist on this hasty, half-clandestine marriage, then I consent to this--I will go with you before the registrar, and I shall come back here directly. Next morning early we will start for Scotland, and be married that other way before witnesses. Then your fears will be at an end, for you believe in these marriages; only as I do not--for I look on these _legal_ marriages merely as solemn betrothals--I shall be Miss Zoe Vizard, and expect you to treat me so, until I have been married in a church, like a lady."英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Towards the close of the evening, all the girls received the breaking- up kiss; cousins, betrothed, and lovers, all, in a good frank, honest way, before everybody. But, of course, Yann had not kissed Gaud; none might take that liberty with the daughter of M. Mevel; but he seemed to strain her a little more tightly to him during the last waltzes, and she, trusting him, did not resist, but yielded closer still, giving up her whole soul, in the sudden, deep, and joyous attraction that bound her to him.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
My sweet betrothed, Baxter Bellamy, awaits with champagne to chauffeur me directly to my nuptials, and I didn't think I'd visit long, so I left him in the car with the windows up.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
...our first holiday as a betrothed couple.美剧 · 《Friends》
- This is nice, fiance. - It is nice, betrothed.美剧 · 《Suits》