A successful marriage requires a lot of give-and-take between husband and wife.成功的婚姻需要夫妻间经常互谅互让。He and his wife had avoided candour, and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率，已使婚姻奄奄一息。The minister was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.那位牧师忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。