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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。In an arranged marriage the husband often insists that the wife brings a dowry.在包办婚姻中，丈夫经常要求妻子带嫁妆。Never would she measure his love by the dowry he gave her.她从不会以他赠给她的新娘礼物来衡量他的爱。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。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。If a young woman did not have a dowry, she went into domestic service.如果一个年轻女子没有嫁妆，她就要做家政服务赚钱。The dowry would be enough for her old age had she not spent it irrationally.如果她没有无节制地花钱，她亡夫的遗产是够她晚年用的。 |