His father was not rich, but his mother received as her marriage portion ten thousand acres of land.
他的父亲并不富有,但他的母亲得到了万亩田地作为婚约。
妇女乐园(上)
On the other hand there was no money, Madame de Boves having brought her husband nothing but her Juno-like beauty as a marriage portion.
另一方面没有钱, 德博维斯夫人只给她的丈夫带来了朱诺般的美貌作为婚姻的一部分。
乌托邦
's proposal for a subsidy on account of the marriage portion of his daughter Margaret; and he opposed with so much energy that the House refused to grant it.