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1、体验式英语教育先锋美联英语日常英语词汇:女朋友的说法不只一种1. Girlfriend 也可以简称 girl 特别随意的场合可以用 gf 或 GF,如短信(texting)或网聊(internet chat)。eg: Have you been seeing a guy pretty steadily and would like to know if he wants you to be his girlfriend?2. 非婚关系中,口语通常可称女方为 significant other 或 SO 这个词不突出性别,只强调亲密关系,所以也可用于男方。类似汉语的“另一半儿”、“那口子”、“他
2、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。eg: Anyone NOT having their Significant Other in the Delivery Room?3. Life partner 通常相当于“终身伴侣”但与汉语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。eg: I feel more optimistic being in this relationship. We decided we are going to be life partners.4. Soulmate 或 s
3、oul 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。体验式英语教育先锋美联英语eg: So did God give attractive people a much higher chance of meeting theirsoulmate?5. Fiance 指订婚女友相对概念是 fianc,及订婚男友。eg: A 45-year-old man and his fiance were celebrating a family holiday in their apartment. Out of t
4、he blue the man thought that his girlfriend was taking the form of a hideous monster from a horror movie.6. 有一些词是男女通用的,如true love、date、steady、darling 、love 、lover 、 paramour、squeeze 等。7. 还有其它一些词可以指女友,如companion、sweetheart、heartthrob 、babe 等。8. 如果是已婚男人的情人,通常用 mistresseg: Picassos painting of his mist
5、ress will go under the hammer at London.9. 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;没有 mistress 或 lover 那种明显的性意味。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。eg: A millionaire took his lady friend to dinner. He told her he had eaten in the finest restaurants
6、 in the world and assured her this place served the best.10. girl friend 或 female friend 没有浪漫关系(non-romantic)或性关系的(non-sexual)女性朋友可用 girl friend 或 female friend 一词。Girl friend 和girlfriend 也有所不同,前者可用于指一般女性朋友。eg: The fine line between girl friends and girlfriends lies in sexual attraction and flirting.