affiance是什么意思

affiance

英 [ə'faɪəns] 美 [ə'faɪəns]

affiance (v.): 1520s, "to promise," from Old French afiancier "to pledge, promise, give one's word," from afiance (n.) "confidence, trust," from afier "to trust," from Late Latin affidare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fidare "to trust," from fidus "faithful" from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith). From mid-16c. especially "to promise in marriage." Related: Affianced; affiancing.

1. The two families struck an affiance, and kept a record.: 他们俩家定下了婚约, 立此存照.