情景會話口袋書人際篇 第63期:婚外戀
1. My wife's having an affair.
我妻子有外遇。
還能這樣説:
My wife's secretly dating someone else.
My wife's cheating on me.
諺語:
Have but few friends though many acquaintances.
朋友要少,熟人要多。
2. She is having an affair with her boss.
她和老闆有曖昧關係。
還能這樣説:
She is intimate with her boss.
She and her boss maintain an uncertain attitude.
3. She often fools around with a married man.
她經常和一有婦之夫鬼混。
還能這樣説:
She often runs with a married man.
She often hangs out with a married man.
應用解析:
The earth moves around the sun.
地球圍繞太陽轉。
4. They had a passionate affair for three years.
他們的婚外戀情持續了3年。
還能這樣説:
They had an extramarital affair for three years.
They had a three-year extramarital affair.
應用解析:
passionate的意思有:易激動的;多情的;易怒的,性情暴怒的;熱情的,熱烈的。
例如:They are passionate about education. 他們熱愛教育事業。
5. He admits to an extramarital affair.
他承認了自己曾與別人發生過婚外戀。
還能這樣説:
He acknowledges that he has an extramarital affair.
He admits of his mistake of having an affair.
應用解析:
admit defeat 服輸,甘拜下風;
admit date 入院日期;
admit impediments 承認障礙;
admitting that 雖説,即使
6. This affair led to their divorce.
這段婚外情導致了他們的離婚。
還能這樣説:
They lived apart due to extramarital affair.
Extramarital affair resulted in their divorce.
諺語:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
師傅領進門,修行在個人。
7. How can you cheat on me, when I have loved you so much?
我是那麼愛你,你怎麼可以對我不忠?
還能這樣説:
As I loved you so much, how can you be unfaithful to me?
How can you have infidelity for me, when I devote so much love to you?
應用解析:
cheat sb. (out) of money 騙某人的錢;
cheat the customs 混過海關;
cheat the journey 消磨旅途的寂寞;
cheat the weary night 消磨長夜
8. It looks like those two are up to something.
最近那兩個人怪怪的,關係曖昧。
還能這樣説:
They seem to play around with each other.
They look strange and intimate.
應用解析:
be on the up-and up 越來越好,蒸蒸日上;
be up to sb. 是某人的責任和義務;由某人決定;
not be up to much 值不了多少,不太好
9. Immature woman abuses the husband's mistress when he was unfaithful.
不成熟的女人在懷疑丈夫有不忠誠的時候謾罵小三。
還能這樣説:
Immature woman would abuse some other woman who has extramarital affair with her husband.
Immature woman hurls invective at the husband's mistress when he has disloyalty.
應用解析:
abuse one's privilege 濫用特權;
abuse a friend 辱罵朋友;
emotional abuse 情緒虐待,冷暴力
10. His wife suspected that he had a mistress.
他妻子懷疑他有情婦。
還能這樣説:
His wife had doubt that he had an affair with someone else.
His wife was suspicious of his infidelity.
應用解析:
suspect sb. of sth. 疑心某人幹某事;
suspect sb. of a crime 懷疑某人犯罪;
suspect sb.'s motives 懷疑某人的動機