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Extramarital affair

 

extramarital affair/ married dating 婚外情

 

例子：An online website promoting extramarital affair/ married dating was launched in the Hong Kong area in August. Its founder is setting his sights on China's cheating hearts after the controversial launch in Hong Kong.

 

marital 婚姻的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

“ Marital” 可以跟其他名詞組成配搭用語，例如：

 

  • marital status (i.e. single, married, divorced)
  • marital problems
  • marital bliss 婚姻的甜蜜

 

marriage 婚姻

(noun 名詞)

 

各式各樣的 “marriage”，可有講中你？
  • happy marriage
  • mixed marriage
  • arranged marriage
  • loveless marriage

 

marry 結婚

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：Peter married young.

例子：Peter was found to have married dating by his wife.

 

cheating hearts 不忠之人

 

照字面看，cheating hearts是欺騙之心。引申來說，就是「不忠者」的意思。

 

cheat on 對配偶不忠/ 出軌

(phrasal verb 片語動詞)

 

例子：A magazine claims that almost half of Britain’s married couples cheat on their partners.

 

infidelity 不忠誠

 

例子：Infidelity in any form of clandestine extramarital affair without the partner's knowledge or consent may hurt the marital relationship and ultimately undermine family integrity.

 

  • clandestine (adj.) 秘密的
  • consent (n.) 同意
  • undermine (v.) 損害
  • integrity (n.) 完整

 

undermine 損害/蠶蝕

(verb 動詞)

 

婚外情往往對婚姻造成很大傷害，雖然未必一下子把家庭拆散，卻會慢慢蠶蝕夫妻關係。跟 destroy、damage 不同，undermine指的不是突然的破壞，而是長時間的損害。

 

“Undermine” 的同義詞：

 

  • deteriorate
  • degrade
  • degenerate

 

integrity 完整

(noun 名詞)

► the quality of being honest and strong

 

“Integrity” 的配搭用語：

 

  • personal integrity 個人誠信
  • professional integrity 專業操守/形象

 

criticism 批評

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：In catering to the motivations and needs of married dating, the online website has attracted plenty of criticisms from religious groups and social workers.

 

cater 迎合

(verb 動詞)

 

cater to/ for somebody/ something

 

例子：The activities are designed to cater for kids with special needs.

 

criticize 批評

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：He is notorious for doing nothing but criticizing and complaining all the time.

 

massive appetite 大胃口/大需要

 

例子：Prior to its launch in Hong Kong this summer, the website had received around 320,000 Hong Kong hits last year. This indicates massive appetite for this specific product.

 

appetite 胃口 (noun 名詞) 

appetizer 前菜 (noun 名詞) 

 

  • have an appetite for sth
  • loss of appetite
  • spoil your appetite
  • insatiable appetite 無窮無盡的渴求

 

例子：his insatiable appetite for power, our insatiable thirst for knowledge   

   
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