marry up
慕强择偶：慕强择偶
常用释义
英音[ ˈmæri ʌp ]
美音[ ˈmæri ʌp ]
基本释义
- 慕强择偶：慕强择偶，或称高嫁、高攀，是父权社会中常见的婚姻传统，女方嫁给社会地位以及经济能力较自己高的男性，有时还包括年龄男大于女、教育程度、文化程度男高于女等。
例句
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1·Remember son, settle down, marry up.儿子，你给我记住，稳定下来，结婚吧。
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2·The two halves of the structure didn't marry up.该结构的两部分未配合好。
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3·Can you marry up the two halves of the broken bowl?你能把这个被摔成两半的碗粘在一起吗？
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4·Men are unable to do that. Urban women will not marry a migrant man; men can't marry up.而男性却无法这么做，城里的女性通常不会嫁给农村人，男性就只能打光棍了。
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5·Woman still want to 'marry up' and naturally choose husbands who earn more than themselves, a report suggests.一项研究指出，当代女性依然希望能“嫁得好”，希望老公能比自己赚得更多。
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6·In most Asian countries, women have always been permitted-even encouraged-to "marry up", ie, marry a man of higher income or education.在大多数亚洲国家，女性一直被允许甚至被鼓励攀高枝，即嫁给收入、教育水平更高的男性。
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7·‘Women’s aspiration to marry up, if they can, to a man who is better-educated and higher-earning persists in most European countries,’ she said.专家还驳斥了英国首相卡梅伦为了“取悦”女性选民而倡导提供更多职位给女性的建议，专家很不屑，说道：“女人一般能嫁则嫁，嫁一个教育程度良好、经济条件优越的愿望是在欧洲绝大多数国家女性同胞们共有的梦想！”
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8·In a culture where women marry young and marry up, those who also want success for themselves frequently find that the deck is stacked against them.在一种女性应该嫁得早，嫁得好的社会文化中，如果一个女子同时想要自己在事业上成功，那么通常她们会发现婚姻的大门是关闭的。
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9·As long as women were denied the financial and educational opportunities of men, it behooved them to "marry up" -how else would they improve their lot?只要女性受教育的程度低一点，接触金融方面的机会少一些，那么她们就会选择快些把自己嫁掉——她们到底可以如何让自己变得更优秀呢？
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10·Women in India are sometimes permitted, even encouraged, to “marry up” into a higher income bracket or caste, so richer men find it easier to get a bride.在印度，妇女们被鼓励嫁给高收入或者种姓较高的男性，所以富人较好找妻子。