“订婚戒指”也有男女之分

 　　不管看影视剧也好，小说也罢，通常要提到订婚仪式，肯定就有男主角给女主角戴戒指的场景，这个订婚戒指叫做engagement ring我们也都知道。不过，最近有个新趋势，女方也开始给男方送订婚戒指了， 你知道吗？

　　In Western tradition, an engagement ring is a ring worn by a woman indicating her engagement to be married. Conventionally, the ring is presented as a betrothal¹ gift by a man to his prospective² spouse³ while he proposes marriage or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage。

　　在西方的传统习俗中，订婚戒指一般是由女方佩戴用来显示其订婚待嫁的身份。一般来说，男方会在向女方求婚或者女方答应求婚后将戒指作为礼物在订婚仪式上送给女方。这个戒指代表正式的婚约。

　　In the United States and Canada today it is becoming more common, but still rare, that a woman will also buy her partner an engagement ring at the time of the engagement. These may be called male engagement rings or mengagement rings, which is a portmanteau of "man" and "engagement ring"。

　　如今，在美国和加拿大，女方也开始流行在订婚时给男方送订婚戒指，不过，这种现象目前还不是太普遍。这种女方送给男方的订婚戒指叫做男士订婚戒(male engagement ring或者mengagement ring)，mengagement ring是man(男士)和engagement ring(订婚戒)两个词的合成形式。

1 betrothal   

n. 婚约, 订婚

参考例句：

• Their betrothal took place with great pomp and rejoicings. 他们举行了盛大而又欢乐的订婚仪式。
• "On the happy occasion of the announcement of your betrothal," he finished, bending over her hand. "在宣布你们订婚的喜庆日。" 他补充说，同时低下头来吻她的手。

2 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

3 spouse   

n.配偶(指夫或妻)

参考例句：

• Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
• What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？