marriageable age

基本解释

Although Yemen has a law stating that 15 is the marriageable age, it is frequently flouted, particularly in poor rural areas where society is run along tribal lines.
尽管也门法律规定15岁为适婚年龄，但规定常常被违反，特别是在贫困的农村地区那里社会运转依靠部落维系。
Lena Edlund, another economist, has found that in the areas of her native Sweden where the wealthiest men live, women of prime marriageable age are over-represented.
另一位经济学家莱娜•埃德隆德(Lena Edlund)发现，在其祖国瑞典最富有男士生活的地区，处于最佳适婚年龄的女性比例过高。
There are dozens of single men in Banzhushan village, perched high on a remote mountain peak in central Hunan province – and not one unattached woman of marriageable age.
盘踞在湖南省中部的遥远山峰上的板竹山村有很多的单身汉——同时没有一个适婚年龄的未婚的女性。

Once she became of marriageable age, her father sought to secure her a sound financial match.
ECONOMIST: Titled English writers
For first-born children, the sex ratio was normal—105 baby boys to 100 baby girls (since boys are slightly more vulnerable to childhood diseases, this ratio provides for equal numbers at marriageable age).
ECONOMIST: Distorted sex ratios in Ontario