然而，在经济繁荣的印度北部地区，不要说掌控新娘的价格，没有嫁妆没人要，没有足够的嫁妆，女子甚至会被杀或是毁容。
Yet in prosperous northern Indian states, far from commanding a bride-price, women whose families have failed to stump up a sufficient dowry still get killed and disfigured.
他们本来没有什么嫁妆给女儿，论柯林斯先生目前的境况，真是再适合不过的一个女婿，何况他将来一定会发一笔大财。
Mr. Collins's present circumstances made it a most eligible match for their daughter, to whom they could give little fortune; and his prospects of future wealth were exceedingly fair.
有角的畜群是身份的象征；是一个没有银行系统的土地上，积攒财富的方式；也是嫁妆的主要组成部分。
Horned herds are a status symbol, a way of storing wealth in a land without a banking system, and the main currency in which dowries are paid.
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