BBC初级口语:被放鸽子

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?

VICKI:It looks like they've stood you up!

MATT:Yup. They've arranged a date, but they're not coming - they've stood you up.

VICKI:It's horrible being stood up.

MATT:You feel that they've let you down!

VICKI:They've not done what they said they'd do.


想像一下:你站在雨中等着自己的约会对象.
你已经等了很长时间了.
他们在哪里呢？
看样子你被放鸽子了。
是啊。他们安排了一个约会，但却没出现—他们放你鸽子了。
被放鸽子真是太糟了。
你觉得他们辜负了你。
他们没有说道做到。

Picture this:You're standing in the rain waiting for your date.
"Picture this"是很常见的口语表达,意思是"设想一下,想象一下".

It looks like they've stood you up!
stand sb up (informal): to deliberately not meet sb you have arranged to meet, especially sb you are having a romantic relationship with 故意失约使某人空等
I've been stood up!
人家让我空等一场。
It looks like…貌似,看起来…

Let sb down: 使某人失望