每次逛街看到别人成双成对,你是不是也想有个男/女朋友?你知道交男朋友用英语怎么说吗?可不是make a boyfriend哦,快来跟老师学习正确表达吧。
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,快来听听老师怎么说。
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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。
正确表达:
- 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 boyfrie nd: 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girlfwww.58yuanyou.comriend就好~
找对象怎么说:
- 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 gwww.58yuanyou.comirl 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 原由网
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-weathe原由网r friend酒肉朋友
a friend in need患难之交
trusted friend信赖的朋友
childhood friend SHgkwyt儿时朋友;发小
close friend 密友
dear friend挚友
I will attend the wedding of my bestiethis 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。