misalliance

名词 n.
/ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.
    — A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour.

词形变化

misalliances plural

词源

From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.
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