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'交男朋友'不能说make a boyfriend!
如果我们对外国人说,I want to make a boyfriend。他们一定是一头雾水,因为在外国人听来,make a friend的意思是你要制造出一个男朋友。这话也太令人震惊了。
get a boyfriend: 交男朋友(最常用,最地道)
She got a boyfriend after work.
工作之后她交了一个男朋友
find a boyfriend: 找男朋友
Her mother doesn t think it s hard to find a boyfriend.
她的妈妈认为找一个男朋友并不难。
look for a boyfriend: 找男朋友
When she was in college, she wanted to look for a boyfriend.
她在大学的时候很希望找一个男朋友。
have a boyfriend: 有男朋友
He asked me politely:'Do you have a boyfriend?'
他很礼貌地询问,你有男朋友吗?
PS: '交女朋友'也是一个道理啦, 把boyfriend换成girlfriend就好~
look for a partner in marriage
例:He found it difficult to find a partner.
他觉得找对象不是一件容易的事。
look for a mate
例:Why do you have to look for a mate? Is it bad to be single?
为什么一定要找对象?单身不好吗?
find a mate
例:She wants to find a mate before she is 30.
她想在30岁之前找到配偶。
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感情状态 relationship status
puppy love 早恋/少男少女间短暂的爱情
hit it off 相处得好/合得来
on the rocks 恋情告急/恋情出现危机
on the rocks表示遭遇危机,濒临破裂,面临破产。这一层含义来自航海中触礁的船只搁浅在海中的岩石之上,仅剩残骸这一情形。
ps: on the rocks 还有点酒的时候“加冰块”的意思。
break up 分手
back together 复合
live together/ separate 同/分居
The separation of a couple often leads to divorce.
pop the question 求婚
tie the knot 结婚
settle down 成家/安家
When are you going to settle down?
cheat on 出轨、不忠 出轨
I d found he was cheating on me and I was angry.
divorce 离婚
remarry复婚
还可说 restoration of a marriage。restoration有修复的意思,婚姻的修复,自然是复婚,破镜重圆。
After five years apart, they remarried.
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