marriage portion

基本解释

“Very well,” he replied; “I shall bring you no other marriage portion than a story,” and so they parted.
“對，我將不帶什麽訂婚的禮物，而帶一個故事來，”他說。這樣他們就分手了。
She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction;
她沒有陪嫁的資産，沒有希望，沒有任何方法使得一個既有錢又有地位的人認識她，了解她，愛她，娶她；
Until the 1970s a large portion of Japanese couples met through omiai, in which marriage-minded people were introduced to each other by relatives or family friends.
報道說，直到1970年，大部分日本人都是靠家人或朋友介紹，通過相親的方式結婚的。