BBC初級口語:你的朋友好像放你鴿子了~~
【對話文本】
VICKI: Picture this:you.re standing in the rain waiting for your date
MATT: You've been waiting for a long time.
VICKI: Where are they?
MATT: It looks like they've stood you up!
VICKI: Yup. They've arranged a date, but they're not coming - they've stood you up.
MATT: It's horrible being stood up.
VICKI: You feel that they've let you down!
MATT: They've not done what they said they'd do.
【參考譯文】
VICKI:想像一下：你站在雨中等你的約會對象。
MATT: 你等了很久。
VICKI:他們在哪兒？
MATT: 看來，他們好像是爽約了。
VICKI:是的，他們約好了的，但是他們沒來——他們放你鴿子了。
MATT: 被人放鴿子真不是滋味。
VICKI:他們讓你失望了。
MATT: 他們沒有履行自己的諾言。
【口語突破】
've stood you up!
他們放你鴿子了
stood sb. up:If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up, they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you.
爽約
First she agreed to come out with me, then she stood me up.
她先是同意跟我出去，後來又爽約了。
feel that they've let you down!
他們讓你失望了。
let you down：a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized放下，降低，使失望
如：Don't let your friends down.不要讓你的朋友失望。
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