交男朋友不是make a boyfriend,千万别乱用(音频版)
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小伙伴们都知道交朋友是make friends with sb,但是交男朋友可不是make a boyfriend,快来听听吉米老师怎么说。
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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
他很礼貌地询问,你有男朋友吗?
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
Don t worry, it s only puppy love.
别担心,不过是少男少女之间的短暂迷恋而已。
hit it off 相处得好/合得来
hit it off 表示喜欢某人并立刻变得友善,与某人迅速建立积极友好的关系。在美国俚语中还有“深受欢迎”的含义。
We hit it off with each other as soon as we met.
我们见面不久就觉得一见如故。
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。
My relationship with my boyfriend is on the rocks.
我们情侣之间的感情出现了问题。
break up 分手
She said on the phone yesterday that she broke up.
她昨天在电话里说她分手了。
back together 复合
They are back together.
他们两个复合了。
live together/ separate 同/分居
The girl is shacking up with her boyfriend.
那个女孩正和男朋友同居。
The separation of a couple often leads to divorce.
分居往往是离婚的前奏。
pop the question 求婚
I really love my her and I m going to pop the question.
我很爱她,打算向她求婚。
tie the knot 结婚
knot有“结”、“把……打成结”的意思;tie是系的意思,可以联想到成语“喜结连理”;
tie the knot 用作动词时候,除了结婚,还有主持婚礼的含义。
Last week my friend and his girlfriend tied the knot.
上周我朋友和他女友正式步入婚姻殿堂。
settle down 成家/安家
When are you going to settle down?
你打算什么时候安顿下来?
cheat on 出轨、不忠 出轨
注意区分,在表示“对某事欺骗”时,可用cheat in/on;在表示“对某人欺骗”时,只可以用cheat on。
I d found he was cheating on me and I was angry.
发觉他对我不忠后,我很气愤。
divorce 离婚
After the divorce, she lived more freely.
离婚之后,她活得更自由了。
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.
分开五年后,他们复婚了。
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各种朋友的英语表达
boyfriend是男朋友,girlfriend是女朋友,那你知道friend还有哪些常用的表达吗?
bosom friend /bestie 闺蜜
fair-weather friend 酒肉朋友
a friend in need 患难之交
trusted friend 信赖的朋友
childhood friend 儿时朋友;发小
close friend 密友
dear friend 挚友
例句:
I will attend the wedding of my bestie this weekend.
这个周末我要去参加闺蜜的婚礼。
They are your fair-weather friends,you should not trust them.
他们只是你的酒肉朋友,你不应该信任他们。