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1. 嫁妝[C]
   Her father gave her the two books he had written as her dowry.

   作為她的嫁妝，她父親將自己寫的兩本書給了她。

2. 天賦；天資[C]
   She has a great dowry for art.

   她有藝術天資。

3. 【古】（寡婦應得的）亡夫遺產[U][C]
   The dowry would be enough for her old age had she not spent it irrationally.

   如果她沒有無節制地花錢，她亡夫的遺產是夠她晚年用的。

4. 【古】新郎贈給新娘的禮物[C]
   Never would she measure his love by the dowry he gave her.

   她從不會以他贈給她的新娘禮物來衡量他的愛。

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