462　marry可用作及物动词和不及物动词

① 用作及物动词，marry表示“娶，嫁，与……结婚”，结构为：

marry sb. 娶某人，嫁给某人

be/get married已结婚（状态）

be/get married to sb. 与某人结婚，嫁给某人

marry one's daughter to sb. 把女儿嫁给某人

John is going to marry Miss Lin. 约翰准备娶林小姐。

Miss Lin is going to marry John. 林小姐准备嫁给约翰。

She got married to one of her classmates. 她嫁给了她的一位同学。

They got married last week. 他们上周结婚了。

She married her daughter to a writer. 她把女儿嫁给了一位作家。

提示

“与……结婚”可以直接用及物动词marry，也可用be/get married to sb. 结构，但不可说marry with sb. 或be married with sb.。

她与一位工人结了婚。

She married with a worker.

She was married with a worker.

She married a worker.

She was/got married to a worker.

② marry用作不及物动词，表示“结婚”。

She married young. 她结婚早。

She married not for love. 她并不是因为爱情而结婚的。

③ marry是非延续性动词，不可同表示一段时间的状语连用，但be married表示的是状态，可以同一段时间状语连用。比较：

They have married for twenty years.

They have been married for twenty years.

It is twenty years since they married.

他们结婚已经20年了。

提示

①问某人“婚否”要说：Are you married？Is she married？Is your brother married？

②“未婚”可说：I'm single.

③问何时结婚的应说：When did you get married？When were you married？