courtship

noun

1. 求爱期；求爱；追求
   the time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married; the process of developing this relationship
   1. They married after a short courtship.
      他们恋爱不久便结婚了。
   2. Mr Elton's courtship of Harriet
      埃尔顿先生对哈丽雅特的追求
2. （动物的）求偶
   the special way animals behave in order to attract a mate for producing young animals
   1. courtship displays
      求偶的炫耀行为
3. 招商
   the process or act of attracting a business partner, etc.
   1. the company's courtship by the government
      政府向公司献殷勤

1. N-VAR 求爱;恋爱;求爱(或恋爱)期
   Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
   1. They were more interested in courtship and cars than in school...
      比起上学，他们对谈恋爱和汽车更感兴趣。
   2. After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.
      恋爱没多长时间，她就接受了他的求婚。
2. N-UNCOUNT (动物的)求偶
   The courtship of male and female animals is their behaviour before they have sex.
   1. Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.
      雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己，并发出一些声响。
   2. ...elaborate courtship dances.
      复杂的求偶舞

1. They were more interested in courtship and cars than in school
   比起上学，他们对谈恋爱和汽车更感兴趣。
2. After a short courtship, she accepted his marriage proposal.
   恋爱没多长时间，她就接受了他的求婚。
3. Courtship is somewhat vocal with a lot of displaying by the male.
   雄性动物在求偶时会尽量展示自己，并发出一些声响。
4. Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by letter.
   我俩长期的恋爱过程基本上靠的是书信。
5. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
   经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。
6. I just started reading hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage: Stories by Alice Munro.
   我眼下刚开始读艾丽丝•门罗的《仇恨、友谊、殷勤、爱情与婚姻》（Hateship，Friendship，Courtship，Loveship，Marriage：Stories）。
7. After a whirlwind courtship and a fairytale wedding the couple had settled down to an urban lifestyle.
   在一段旋风般的热恋和一个童话式的婚礼之后，夫妻俩定居下来，过起了都市生活。
8. They are just as good as I recall them from my courtship.
   它们的味道也和我回忆中当年追求她时一样好。
9. He showed his remarkable endurance throughout the courtship.
   他在求爱期间展现了非凡的忍耐力。
10. After a brief courtship, they got engaged over the holidays.
    在交往了不久后，他们就在度假时订婚了。
11. This prepares you to be in sound mind, body and spirit for the next courtship.
    这会让你为下一段约会准备好健康的头脑、身体和心灵。
12. The courtship should not end with the honeymoon.
    相互尊敬和爱慕不应随蜜月结束而终。
13. After a whirlwind courtship, they married and went to live in Bath.
    经过一场旋风式恋爱，他们结了婚，到巴斯生活去了。
14. Dance that courtship dance.
    跳个求偶之舞。
15. Its oestrogen-receptor variant, however, had a significant impact on both digit ratio and courtship behaviour.
    它的雌激素受体的变体，不过，有两方面的数字比和求偶行为产生重大影响。
16. While it is difficult courtship, but it really changed the appearance of people's understanding of love.
    网恋虽然现在很难被接受，但它的出现的确改变了人们对于爱情的理解。
17. Their story contains all the elements-secret courtship, elopement, love poems, and the beautiful Italian landscape.
    他们的故事包括所有要素&秘密求爱，私奔，爱情诗，以及美丽的意大利风光。
18. Courtship is lengthy, for the male must convince the female he is a mate and not prey.
    求偶是漫长的，因为公蜘蛛必须让母蜘蛛相信它是配偶而不是猎物。
19. Ravens are very spectacular courtship flight, including the high-flying and all kinds of complex aerial stunts.
    乌鸦是非常壮观的求偶飞行，其中包括高飞行和各种复杂的空中特技。
20. He married her after a whirlwind courtship.
    他追求她不久便和她闪电般地结婚了。
21. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding.
    完美地恋爱过后，他们有了一个完美的婚礼。
22. Courtship and reproduction in seahorses is elaborate, involving changing colour and much posturing.
    海马中的繁殖和求偶是精心准备的，包括改变颜色和摆出相当多的姿势。
23. This was the beginning of their courtship.
    他俩的恋情就这么开始了。
24. Camilla's style has certainly changed since her public courtship with Prince Charles.
    在与查尔斯王储的恋情公开后，卡米拉的著装风格发生了明显改变。
25. He asked me to receive your courtship.
    他叫我接受你的求爱。
26. The good occasion of courtship is when the widow returns from the funeral.
    求婚的最佳时机是当寡妇从葬礼归来。
27. I find the concept of dating foolish, and so I am going to practice courtship.
    我认为约会拍拖是种很笨的做法，所以我会选择“一击即中”的求偶方式。
28. New Labour's capacity for new economic thinking was constrained by its courtship of business and especially finance.
    新工党的新经济思维也受制于其对商业和（尤其是）金融的示好。
29. He won her heart after a brief courtship.
    经过短时期的追求，他便赢得了她的芳心。
30. But the courtship of the view that no one can truly understand the QQ through a person.
    但是网恋的反对者认为没有人能够真正地通过QQ上认识一个人。

noun

1. a man's courting of a woman
   1. its was a brief and intense courtship

   Synonym:    wooingcourtingsuit