喜歡一個人可以說fall for,be fond of,have a crush on,be crazy about,be smitten以及be head over heels in love。今天,我們來看看從開始約會到熱戀再到徹底分手,相關(guān)的英語表達有哪些?
1. ask out
ask sb out尤指為了開始與某人建立戀愛關(guān)系請…外出(或吃飯、看電影等),比如:
She's asked Steve out to the cinema this evening.
她請了史蒂夫今晚出去看電影。
2. go out
go out就有與某人“談戀愛”的意思:
How long have you been going out with him?
你跟他戀愛有多長時間了?
3. play hard to get
這就是英語里的欲擒故縱啦,尤指戀愛之初“故作冷淡;裝出矜持之態(tài)”。
Why won't you call him back? Are you playing hard to get?
你為什么不給他回電話?你是在故作矜持嗎?
4. go steady (with sb)
形容(和某人)保持穩(wěn)定的戀愛關(guān)系。
She's been going steady with Mike for six months.
她和邁克確定關(guān)系已經(jīng)有6個月了。
5. stand sb up
stand sb up就是故意對(某人,尤指剛開始相處的戀人)失約,放(某人)的鴿子。
I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.
我不知道她是故意放我的鴿子,還是只是遲到了——我會再等半個小時。
6. leave
這里leave特指結(jié)束(與丈夫、妻子或伴侶的)關(guān)系并不再同居。
She left her husband for a younger man.
她離開了她丈夫,和一個年輕男人在一起。
7. cheat on
cheat意指“欺騙;行騙”,cheat on somebody就指的是“劈腿”。
Sally doesn’t know, but her boyfriend has been cheating on her for a while.
Sally還不知道,但是她男友已經(jīng)劈腿一陣子了。
8. break up/ split up
意思是(婚姻)破裂;離婚;分手。
Jenny and George have broken up.
珍妮和喬治已經(jīng)分手。
9. make a/the break
意思是“與…結(jié)束關(guān)系(尤指不再住在一起);改變(一貫的行為)”。
When a relationship ends, it's often best to make a clean/complete break.
結(jié)束一段感情最好是徹底一刀兩斷。
10. rebound
rebound的意思是“反彈;回彈”,以及“恢復(fù)”,引申為“結(jié)束一段感情后恢復(fù)期間找來的備胎”。另外,on the rebound形容(因失戀而)處于心灰意冷的狀態(tài)。
Five months after Nick had left her, she married another man on the rebound.
尼克離開她5個月后,她心灰意冷地嫁給了另外一個男人。
11. be back together
分分合合也常見,be back together就是復(fù)合啦。
They split up four months ago, but they’re back together now.
他們四個月前分手,現(xiàn)在又復(fù)合了。
12. get over
形容從(疾病或令人不快的事)中恢復(fù)過來。
It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship.
邁克爾和她分手了,過了好幾個月她才開始忘掉他。