吉米老师前言: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,快来跟吉米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,快来听听吉米老师怎么说。 "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 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~ 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。 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。 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。