婚姻爱情中常见问题的英文表达(1)

 　　1.与……私通 have an illicit¹ love affair with据说那个法官与一个电影明星私通。

　　The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

　　2.婚外恋 a double life

　　我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋

　　People around here all feel that he’s leading a double life3.深深爱上be head over heels in love with听说小丽爱上一个比她大三十岁的老头子。爱情这个东西真是难琢磨。

　　I hear Xiao Li is head over heels in love with an old man who is 30 years older than her. Love is really a mystery.

　　4.与门第比自己低的人结婚marry with the left hand皇太子放弃了王位，与比自己门第低的人结了婚并到国外度蜜月去了The son of the Emperor gave up his stewardship² as King and married with the left hand. He’s now on their honeymoon³ abroad.

　　5.嫁妆marriage portion

　　离婚时，她要求男方把她结婚时的全部嫁妆还给她。

　　On the point of their divorce, she demanded on his returning to her all the lot she has brought as her marriage portion.

　　6.调情 make a pass at someone

　　当一个陌生男子开始向我调情时，我瞪了他一眼就离开了。

　　When I found that a stranger began to make a pass at me, I gave him a stern look and left.

　　7.向……求婚pop the question to

　　他向我求婚时说一辈子只爱我一个人。可是现在呢？情况可大不一样了。

　　When he popped the question to me he said that I was the only one he would love but now, the story is quite different.

　　8.怀孕了 be heavy with child

　　你怎么能忍心让一个大肚子的女人干这样重的活呢？

　　How could you have the heart to let a woman heavy with child to do such a rough job?

 

1 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

2 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

3 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。