留美老师带你每日说英文 第909期:伴侣关系的解放

 台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

It's time to liberate¹ companionship from the shackles³ of coupledom, and make it as widely and as easily available as sexual liberators wanted sex to be. In the meantime, we should strive to make ourselves as much at peace as we can with the idea of being alone for a very long time.

现在是时候要将伴侣关系从夫妻关系的枷锁中解放出来了，并使其像性解放者想要的性关系一样地广泛且容易获得。同时，我们也应该努力让自己尽可能安然接受长期处于单身也没关系的这个想法。

学习重点：

1.liberate 解放、使获自由

liberate (v.) 解放、使获自由

liberator⁴ (n.) 解放者、解救者

liberation (n.) 解放、解放运动

2.companionship 友谊、交往、伴侣关系

companionship (n.) 友谊、交往、伴侣关系

companion (n.) 同伴、伴侣、朋友

company (n.) 同伴、陪伴

accompany (v.) 陪同、伴随

3.shackle² 枷锁、桎梏、束缚

shackle (n.) 枷锁、桎梏、束缚

4.coupledom 伴侣、夫妻关系、同居关系

coupledom (n.) 伴侣、夫妻关系、同居关系

cohabit (v.) 同居

cohabitant (n.) 同居者

cohabitation (n.) 同居

5.strive 努力、奋斗 (+to V)

strive (v.) 努力、奋斗 (+to V)

endeavor (v.) 努力、力图 (+ to V)

1 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

2 shackle   

n.桎梏，束缚物；v.加桎梏，加枷锁，束缚

参考例句：

• He's too young to shackle himself with the responsibilities of a family.他还太年轻，不能用家庭责任来束缚自己。
• This issue always is a shackle which confines the brand building of industry product.这个问题一直是限制工业品品牌塑造的桎梏。

3 shackles   

手铐( shackle的名词复数 )； 脚镣； 束缚； 羁绊

参考例句：

• a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
• The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

4 liberator   

解放者

参考例句：

• The best integrated turf quality was recorded in Ram I、Midnight、America、Connie、Liberator, which could be adopted in Shanxi. RamI、Midnight、America、Connie、Liberator综合质量表现均衡且分值较高，是山西省推广应用的重点品种。
• It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old. 这是一部新世界的发展史，是一部后浪推前浪的历史。