the legal right or duty to take care of or keep somebody/something; the act of taking care of something/somebody 监护权；保管权；监护；保管 Who will have custody of the children? 谁来负责监护这些孩子？ The parents were given joint custody of the two children. 父母双方得到了对两个孩子的共同监护权。 The divorce court awarded custody to the child's mother. 离婚法庭把监护权判给了孩子的母亲。 The parents were locked in a bitter battle for custody. 双亲陷入了一场对孩子监护权的激烈争夺之中。 The bank provides safe custody for valuables. 这家银行提供对贵重物品的安全保管服务。 - in the custody of somebody/something
The castle is now in the custody of the state. 现在那座城堡由国家照管。
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorce 结婚和离婚 Romance 恋爱 - fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
（疯狂地／深深地／无可救药地）爱上／爱着（某人） - be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
是／相信一见钟情；一见钟情 - be/find true love/the love of your life
是／找到真爱／一生的爱 - suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
受单相思之苦 - have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
对某人／某事有着／表示出强烈的／深深的／真挚的爱慕之情 - meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
与丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友结识／结婚 - have/go on a (blind) date
有个／去约会／相亲 - be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
与一个小伙子／女生／男生／男人／女人在谈恋爱 - move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
与男朋友／女朋友／伴侣同居
Weddings 婚礼 - get/be engaged/married/divorced
订婚；结婚；离婚 - arrange/plan a wedding
安排婚礼 - have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
举行隆重的婚礼；度蜜月；婚姻幸福 - have/enter into an arranged marriage
有一个／走入包办婚姻 - call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
取消／推迟婚礼 - invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
邀请某人出席／参加婚礼／结婚典礼／结婚喜宴 - conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
举行结婚典礼 - exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
交换戒指；互致结婚誓言 - congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
祝贺这对幸福的新人；为这对幸福的伉俪干杯 - be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
（与妻子／丈夫）在／去度蜜月 - celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
庆祝第一个（结婚）纪念日
Separation and divorce 分居和离婚 - be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
对丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友不忠 - have an affair (with somebody)
（和某人）有暧昧关系 - break off/end an engagement/a relationship
解除／终止婚约／恋爱关系 - break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
与男友／女友分手；甩掉男友／女友 - separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
和丈夫／妻子分居；离弃丈夫／妻子；与丈夫／妻子离婚 - annul/dissolve a marriage
宣布婚姻无效；解除婚姻关系 - apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
申请／要求／办理离婚；离婚 - get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
获得／被判予／拥有／失去对孩子的监护权 - pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
（向前妻／前夫）支付生活费／子女抚养费
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsc1, Law and justicec1If valuables are placed in the safe, the hotel is responsible for their safe custody. 如果贵重物品放在保险柜里，旅馆就要对其安全保管负责。 The children were under protective custody. 孩子们处于保护性拘留中。 a bitter child custody dispute 有关孩子监护权的激烈争执
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- child
- joint
- sole
- …
- ask for
- claim
- demand
- …
- battle
- dispute
- arrangement
- …
- custody of
the state of being in prison, especially while waiting for trial （尤指在候审时的）拘留，拘押，羁押 After the riot, 32 people were taken into police custody. 那场暴乱后，有 32 人被警方拘留。 - (British English)
He was remanded in custody, charged with the murder of a policeman. 他被控谋杀一名警察，正在羁押候审。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1She will remain in custody while reports are prepared about her mental condition. 在准备有关她精神状况的报告期间，她继续接受拘押。 The opposition leader has been taken into protective custody. 那名反对派领导人受到了保护性拘留。 They did not have enough evidence to place her under custody. 他们没有足够的证据来羁押她。 They try to keep young people out of custody. 他们尽量使年轻人免受拘禁。 The man died while in police custody. 那个人在受警方拘禁期间死亡。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- military
- police
- protective
- …
- be remanded in
- be taken into
- be held in
- …
- in custody
- under custody
- out of custody
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin custodia, from custos ‘guardian’.