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.
“对，我将不带什么订婚的礼物，而带一个故事来，”他说。这样他们就分手了。
She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction;
她没有陪嫁的资产，没有希望，没有任何方法使得一个既有钱又有地位的人认识她，了解她，爱她，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.
报道说，直到1970年，大部分日本人都是靠家人或朋友介绍，通过相亲的方式结婚的。