美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第283期:美國(guó)單身狗的生活

今天我們從一組美國(guó)漫畫，看看美國(guó)單身狗心里想什么?

關(guān)鍵詞：

A lowly single person: 卑微的單身

Lonely and pathetic: 孤獨(dú)、可憐

A pathetic bachelor: 可憐的單身漢

Weird (adj): 怪怪的

Weirdo (noun): 怪人、有點(diǎn)變態(tài)

Weird can be cute: weird也可以很可愛(ài)

A weirdo is always bad: weirdo肯定很恐怖

I hope someone gets me: 我希望有人真的懂我

Quirks: 怪怪的小毛病

OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder): 強(qiáng)迫癥

The man/woman of my dreams: 我的夢(mèng)中情人

Struggle: 掙扎、糾結(jié)

Cherish their freedom: 珍惜自由

Cherish their bachelorhood: 珍惜單身的階段

Bachelor: 單身男人

Bachelorette: 單身女性

Self-mocking/self-deprecating: 自嘲

Americans don't have the same kind of pressure to get married as Chinese do:

美國(guó)人沒(méi)有中國(guó)人這么大的結(jié)婚壓力

美國(guó)單身狗的生活

A free agent: 自由身

A player:一個(gè)花心的人

Flirtatious: 花心的、愛(ài)玩的

To be walked: 遛

Walk your dog: 遛狗

Our lives are parallel lines that will never cross: 我們的生活是平行線，永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)交匯

It's not meant to be: 注定無(wú)緣

Fattening: 讓人肥胖的

To text someone: 給人發(fā)短信、微信

Square root: 平方根

Imaginary: 想象的、不存在的

Imaginary boyfriend/girlfriend: 假想的男女朋友

They're so real that you can fake it with your parents: 這些假想男女朋友非常真實(shí)，可以用來(lái)騙你的父母

Are you single: 你是單身嗎?

There're more and more women who are focusing more on their career and don't care as much about having a man in life: 越來(lái)越多的女孩子更注重事業(yè)，沒(méi)那么在乎男人

Economically independent: 經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立

Pursue our career: 追求自己的事業(yè)

But you feel the insecurities at the same time: 但同時(shí)也會(huì)感到不安全