近亲结婚 meaning in English
consanguineous marriage
intermarriage/intermarry
marriage of close relatives
Examples
- Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law .
法律规定禁止近亲结婚。 - Many societies prohibit marriages between blood relatives
很多社会都禁止近亲结婚。 - The taboo is not only social but legislative ; 24 states ban the marriage of first cousins : five others allow it only if the couple is unable to bear children
这种禁忌不仅是社会习俗方面的，而且有来自立法机关的：有24个州禁止近亲结婚；其他5个州只有在一对夫妻不育的条件下才许可。 - This preference for exogamy ， gutman suggests ， may have derived from west african rules governing marriage ， which ， though they differed from one tribal group to another ， all involved some kind of prohibition against unions with close kin
古特曼指出，异族通婚的倾向可能起源于西部非洲的婚姻规则，虽然他们来自不同的部落，但是他们都于禁止近亲结婚的的规则相关。