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"Shotgun marriage" nghĩa là gì?
07 Jan, 2023
"Shotgun marriage" = đám cưới súng săn -> nghĩa là đám cưới ép buộc tổ chức, hoặc do cô dâu có bầu, bác sĩ bảo cưới; nghĩa khác là mối liên minh bị ép buộc.
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John said that "it wasn't a shotgun marriage", but they did have to marry in January as the couple had secured a house in Victoria Street and had to start paying the mortgage (tiền thế chấp) that month.
Sanctions, coercion (áp bức), and saber-rattling make Iran and Russia more likely to draw together. Washington should offer an alternative (biện pháp thay thế). Don’t force Russia and Iran into a shotgun marriage.
As Yellen and Akerlof wrote, in a Brookings policy brief adapted from the original paper, the old “shotgun marriage” scenario, where society expected men to “promise marriage in the event of a pregnancy,” depended on a sense of inherent (thừa kế) obligation.
Everything leads to a huge change and a shotgun marriage arranged by their elders due to the baby, but they discover things more than just trying to correct a night's mistake.
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