幾個(gè)人約好一起去看電影，或去逛街，或去爬山，其中一個(gè)人卻失約，你很氣憤地說(shuō)：“太過(guò)分了，居然放我鴿子！”那么，“爽約，放鴿子”英語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)呢？可以用stand up來(lái)表示。【上期回顧：To bark up the wrong tree你打錯(cuò)算盤了?！?/a>

電影情景再現(xiàn)：

在《欲望都市》中，Miranda打電話給性愛(ài)專家Carrie，傾訴約會(huì)對(duì)象遲到了三個(gè)鐘頭，自己被放了鴿子。Carrie表示不相信男人會(huì)放女人鴿子。

音頻：

-Miranda:My date is three hours late. I'm being stood up, right?
我的約會(huì)對(duì)象遲到了三個(gè)鐘頭，我被放鴿子了，對(duì)吧？

-Carrie:Maybe he got lost.
也許他迷路了。

-Miranda:Carrie.
凱莉。

-Carrie:Doesn't look good.
情況不妙。

-Miranda:And I'm wearing a new dress. And I'm eating out of plastic.
我穿著一件新衣服，而且正在吃微波食品。

-Carrie:I'm sorry.
我很遺憾。

-Miranda:The least he could do is get to know me before he rejects me.
最起碼他應(yīng)該先認(rèn)識(shí)我，再拒絕我。

-Carrie:Yeah, that's illegal dumping.
對(duì)，這樣拋棄別人是違法的。

-Miranda:It's crazy. This hasn't happened to me since I'm 27. I should know better. I thought I'd got smarter about picking them now.
真是瘋狂，這種事從我27歲后就沒(méi)發(fā)生過(guò)。我成熟了，不該這么笨。我以為現(xiàn)在我比較不會(huì)看走眼。

-Carrie:I can't believe guys still stand girls up.
我不敢相信男人還會(huì)放女人鴿子。

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