1·In prosperous northern Indian states, women whose families have failed to stump up a sufficient dowry still get killed or disfigured.
在繁荣的印度北部地区，如果女子的家人不能拿出足够的嫁妆，她们还会被杀或是毁容。
2·Now the Europeans will try to woo the beautiful bride and her dowry of hydrocarbons back from Beijing.
现在，欧洲人将试着去讨好这位漂亮的新娘与她从北京带回的嫁妆——碳氢化合物。
3·Some men agreed but most did not; they demanded sweeteners in the form of extra dowry payments from the authorities.
有的男性赞同这种说法，但大多数不同意；他们要求额外嫁妆或官方付钱作为补偿。
4·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。
5·Even though many men are retired and living on a fixed income, they are expected to help support their wives' extended families, beginning with a dowry of several thousand dollars.
尽管很多男人都已经退休，靠固定的收入过活，他们还要帮助妻子的大家庭。通常这样的帮助都以几千美元的嫁妆开始。
1·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。
2·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。
3·But this time, the local Youth Troupe with a new mill for the dowry, wanted to send his daughter betrothed to exorcise.
然而此时，当地的团总以新磨坊为陪嫁，想把女儿许配给傩送。
4·The dowry being only you is tasted.
只是你的陪嫁品。