1. ask out
ask sb out尤指為了開始與某人建立戀愛關系請…外出(或吃飯、看電影等),比如:
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She's asked Steve out to the cinema this evening.
她請了史蒂夫今晚出去看電影。
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2. go out
go out就有與某人“談戀愛”的意思:
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How long have you been going out with him?
你跟他戀愛有多長時間了?
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3. play hard to get
這就是英語里的欲擒故縱啦,尤指戀愛之初“故作冷淡;裝出矜持之態(tài)”。
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Why won't you call him back? Are you playing hard to get?
你為什么不給他回電話?你是在故作矜持嗎?
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4. go steady (with sb)
形容(和某人)保持穩(wěn)定的戀愛關系。
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She's been going steady with Mike for six months.
她和邁克確定關系已經有6個月了。
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5. stand sb up
stand sb up就是故意對(某人,尤指剛開始相處的戀人)失約,放(某人)的鴿子。
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I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.
我不知道她是故意放我的鴿子,還是只是遲到了——我會再等半個小時。
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6. leave
這里leave特指結束(與丈夫、妻子或伴侶的)關系并不再同居。
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She left her husband for a younger man.
她離開了她丈夫,和一個年輕男人在一起。
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7. cheat on
cheat意指“欺騙;行騙”,cheat on somebody就指的是“劈腿”。
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Sally doesn't know, but her boyfriend has been cheating on her for a while.
Sally還不知道,但是她男友已經劈腿一陣子了。
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8. break up/ split up
意思是(婚姻)破裂;離婚;分手。
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Jenny and George have broken up.
珍妮和喬治已經分手。
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9. make a/the break
意思是“與…結束關系(尤指不再住在一起);改變(一貫的行為)”。
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When a relationship ends, it's often best to make a clean/complete break.
結束一段感情最好是徹底一刀兩斷。
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10. rebound
rebound的意思是“反彈;回彈”,以及“恢復”,引申為“結束一段感情后恢復期間找來的備胎”。另外,on the rebound形容(因失戀而)處于心灰意冷的狀態(tài)。
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Five months after Nick had left her, she married another man on the rebound.
尼克離開她5個月后,她心灰意冷地嫁給了另外一個男人。
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11. be back together
分分合合也常見,be back together就是復合啦。
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They split up four months ago, but they're back together now.
他們四個月前分手,現在又復合了。
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12. get over
形容從(疾病或令人不快的事)中恢復過來。
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It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship.
邁克爾和她分手了,過了好幾個月她才開始忘掉他。