午飯沒“飯友”所以“恐懼癥”？

Lunch phobia is a new buzzword widely spread on the Internet. Symptoms include: not knowing what to eat and not knowing who to eat with.

“午飯恐懼癥”是網(wǎng)絡(luò)盛行的流行詞匯之一，主要“癥狀”表現(xiàn)為：不知吃點什么好，更不知道該跟誰吃。

Many employees have to eat out for lunch because their companies don’t provide canteen services. “Where?” and “what?” become two of the most spoken words at the time. What’s more, some employees are not as social and spend most lunches eating alone. For them, lunch time is not interesting but a little embarrassing.

很多單位沒有食堂，員工需要在外面解決午飯。于是，“去哪里”和“吃什么”已經(jīng)成了很多人午飯時間的固定對白。另外，有些員工因為無法融入團體，只能選擇在午飯時間單獨用餐。原本很期待的午休時間不再那么美好，甚至讓他們有些尷尬。

為了避免“午飯恐懼癥”，首先，我們要找一些“飯友”。

一般來說，只要有寫字樓的地方，周邊就會有很多餐館，而且不論菜品好壞，到了午飯時間，公司白領(lǐng)們都會三五成群地前去捧場。我們管這些結(jié)伴一起吃飯的人就叫做 “飯友”或“飯搭子”，更可愛一點的說法是“飯飯小組”，英文叫meal pal。

This term, meal pal, refers to office workers who lunch together during work days. Many white-collar workers are seeking lunch pals via the Internet to share high prices as well as the delicious dishes in nearby restaurants.

飯友(meal pal)指上班的時候一起吃午飯的公司職員。現(xiàn)在，很多白領(lǐng)都通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)尋找飯友，這樣不但可以分擔(dān)高額的午餐消費，而且還可以共享公司周邊的美食。

For example:

That Thailand restaurant is great, it's my meal pals' favorite.

那家泰國餐館很棒，是我那些飯友們最喜歡的一家餐館。

上個世紀(jì)特別流行的一種交友方式“筆友”在英文里是pen pal，這里的meal pal估計就是由此類推出來的吧。

如果外面的飯不合胃口，又找不到人一起吃飯，不如自己勤快一點，每天帶飯上班吧。看看網(wǎng)友們分享的各種午餐照片，已經(jīng)開始流口水了。