In that area, women's dowry is more than a symbol of wealth, it is also a symbol of power.
在那个地区，妇女的嫁妆不仅仅是财富的象征，还是权利的象征。
And he thought that if I had college debt - a negative dowry - no one would want to marry me.
他还觉得如果我因为上大学而欠了债，那就是一笔价值为负的嫁妆，那样的话就没人愿意娶我了。
She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
她有黄金和珍珠做奁资，不过她的黄金在她的头上，珍珠在她的口中。
Sanjay said that when his first daughter got married, he did not have to pay a dowry because she is well-educated.
桑杰说，大女儿接受了良好的教育，所以她结婚时家里不需要送出彩礼。
The dowry of my wife was very little in that age.
那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。
His family hoped that his bride would bring a large dowry.
他的家人希望新娘能带来丰厚的嫁妆。
I had to give back a portion of the dowry after the divorce.
离婚后，我不得不归还我的那份嫁妆。
The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
她的嫁妆钱都投到了母亲的铺子里。
Her father gave her the two books he had written as her dowry.
作为她的嫁妆，她父亲将自己写的两本书给了她。
How could I utter for shame that I keep for my dowry this poverty.
我又怎能抱愧地说我的妆奁就是贫穷。
There's no dowry system in most of the North Eastern states of India.
在印度，东北部邦大部分地区都没有送嫁妆的习俗。
The poetry of snow, drunk plum, drunk the cool months, drunk her dowry.
雪落成诗，醉了梅，醉了清凉的月，醉了伊人的红妆。
This prisoner named Kakule says he is guilty only of marrying young and not being able to pay a dowry.
这个名为Kakule的犯人说，他有罪只是因为结婚太早，并且买不起彩礼。
KAKULE: "I went to my girlfriend's family to propose marriage, but I had nothing to give for a dowry."
我去女朋友家家里提亲，但我没什么可以作为彩礼。
Among them is an Italian singer, whose aria is cut short by the baron's wrangling with a lawyer over Sophie's dowry.
奥斯男爵与律师因苏菲的嫁妆问题争执不下，打断了意大利歌手的咏叹调。
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
任凭向我要多重的聘金和礼物，我必照你们所说的给你们。只要把女子给我为妻。
The priority system originated in Roman law, which set the theoretical basis of "the preferential right of his wife, dowry."
优先权制度起源于罗马法，其设定的理论基础是“妻子嫁妆优先偿还权”。
The obligation to return the dowry and to pay the jointure (ketubah) served as a good security against divorce on insufficient grounds.
归还陪嫁和支付给妻子应继承的遗产的义务，对理由不充足的离婚起了很好的担保作用。
It's rumored that King Philip IV of Spain purchased the jewel and included it in the dowry of his teenage daughter, Margaret Teresa, in 1664.
传说，西班牙国王菲利普四世曾于1664年买下这颗钻石，并把它作为女儿玛格丽特·特蕾莎的嫁妆。
Perhaps a daughter is deemed to join another family on marriage and you want someone to care for you when you are old. Perhaps she needs a dowry.
或许女儿被认为婚后加入了另一个家庭，而你希望在你年老的时候有人能照顾你，又或许是女儿需要陪嫁。
Known as the gift giver, on one occasion he sent bags of gold down a chimney at the home of a poor man who had no dowry for his unmarried daughters.
他是一个乐善好施的人。曾经有个穷人付不起女儿的嫁妆，他就顺著那家人的烟囱，往他家里扔了一袋黄金。
Paying and accepting dowry is a centuries-old South Asian tradition where the bride's parents gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom's family.
新娘的父母给新郎家送钱、衣服和珠宝等嫁妆是南亚几百年来的传统。
Indeed, Africa's leaders still like to think of their continent as a gorgeous bride, with a glittering dowry of oil and minerals, to be courted by a swooning world.
的确，非洲领导者们仍把自己的大陆看作是一位美丽的新娘，拥有着原油与矿产资源的闪烁嫁妆，而且会招致一个狂喜的世界去追求。
A few years later, the noble's daughters were all at the age of marriage. This made the noble even sadder because he didn't have money to buy dowry for his daughters.
一晃几年过去，女儿们陆续到了出嫁的年龄，父亲却变得更加沮丧，因为他没钱给女儿们买嫁妆。
The community still perform traditional activities - such as marriage proposals, dowry payment, marriage ceremonies - only the Dusner speakers can use the Dusner language for these occasions.
这个村仍然以传统方式生活--如求婚、置办嫁妆、结婚仪式等，只有会讲Dusner的人才可以用Dusner来主持这些仪式。
The community still perform traditional activities - such as marriage proposals, dowry payment, marriage ceremonies - only the Dusner speakers can use the Dusner language for these occasions.
这个村仍然以传统方式生活--如求婚、置办嫁妆、结婚仪式等，只有会讲Dusner的人才可以用Dusner来主持这些仪式。
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