n. 婚姻；结合；兼并（marriage 的复数）
1.When marriages break down children are swept into the vortex of their parents' embittered emotions.
当婚姻破裂时，孩子们也被卷入父母间日益恶化的情绪漩涡中。
2.One in every three marriages ends in divorce.
三分之一的婚姻都以离婚而告终。
3.Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
外遇着实对婚姻有极具破坏性的影响。
4.Numerous marriages now end in divorce.
现在许多婚姻都以离婚而告终。
5.So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money.
如此多的婚姻因为缺钱而破裂。
6.Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.
钱在许多婚姻中是导致冲突的一个主要原因。
7.The converse of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi paycheck household could encourage marriages.
与此相反的担忧是，成为一个多收入家庭的前景可能会鼓励婚姻。
8.All of her children's marriages ended in divorce.
她的孩子们最终都离了婚。
9.But this won't necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages, nor is the trend likely to last.
但这并不一定代表幸福婚姻的增加，这一趋势也不太可能持续。