在学校时我们都学过一个词组
“make friends”(交朋友)
说到“交男女朋友”很多人会理解为
“make a girlfriend / boyfriend”
但英语交男女朋友是不能用“make”
外国人听来像是要创造一个男女朋友
“Do you want to make a girlfriend/boyfriend”?
(这是肯定不能这么说的)
“交男女朋友”怎么说?
正确的表达
Do you want t原由网o be my girlfriend/ boyfriend?
你愿意做我女朋友/男朋友吗?
Are you looking for a girlfriend/ boyfriend?
你想找女朋友/男朋友吗?
除了 “girlfriend”,女朋友还有其它的一些表达:
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非婚关系中,口语通常可称女方为 significant other
这个词不突出性别,只强调亲密关系,所以也可用于男方。类似中文里的‘另一半儿’、‘那口子’、‘他那位’等,但不透露或假设婚姻状态或性取向,用于故意模糊以避免冒犯别人。
例如:
Anyone NOT h原由网aving their Significant Other in the Delivery Room?
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Life partner 通常相当于‘终身伴侣’
但与中文不同的是它也可以指亲密的终身伙伴,无论同性还是异性。Partner也可以指life partner。
例如:
I feel more optimistic being in this relationship. We decided we are going to be life partners.
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Soulmate 或soul mate可以指女友或妻子
也可以指未必有亲密关系的精神伴侣,有一定的神秘或宗教意味。另外,mate也可以指女友。这几个词不区分性别。
例如:
So did "God" give attractive people a much higher chance of meeDVONZEZEENting their soulmate?
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Fiance指订婚女友,相对概念是fianc,及订婚男友。
例如:
A 45-year-old man and his fiance were celebrating a family holiday in their apartment. Out of the blue the man thought that his girlfriend was taking the form of a hide//www.58yuanyou.comous monster from a horror movie.
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Lady friend是个故意模棱两可的用语
指关系不到girlfriend的程度,但却好于friend。通常作为委婉语(euphemism) 使用,或者在情况不明的情况下作为一种保守的提法。Lady friend也用于指女方明显大于男方的情侣关系。
例如:
A millionaire took his lady friend to dinner. He told her he had eaten in the finest restaurants in the world and assured her this place served the best。
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如果是已婚男人的情人,通常用mistress
例如:
Picasso's painting of his mistress will go under the hammer at London
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有一些词是男女通用的,如true love、date、steady、darling、lowww.58yuanyou.comve、lover、paramour、squeeze等。
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还有其它一些词可以指女友,如companion、sweetheart、heartthrob、babe等。
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