marry up

基本解釋

"Thirty or 40 years ago, girls from the valley were willing to marry up here, " said Jin Shixiu, 54.
“約摸三十四十年前，山谷里的女孩愿意嫁到這里來(lái)，”54歲的金世秀（音譯）說(shuō)道。
Dr Hakim claimed more women were choosing to ‘marry up’ by picking wealthy men for their spouse than in the 1940s.
與四十年代相比，越來(lái)越多的女人希望能嫁給比自己經(jīng)濟(jì)能力強(qiáng)的男人，挑有錢人做老公。
In most Asian countries, women have always been permitted—even encouraged—to “marry up”, ie, marry a man of higher income or education.
在大多數(shù)亞洲國(guó)家，女性一直被允許甚至被鼓勵(lì)攀高枝，即嫁給收入、教育水平更高的男性。

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