點滴英語天天學第139期:分手了!(拓展語彙18)

分手也就意味着戀情的終止，我們今天就繼續來學習與“戀情的終止”非常流行的俚語，這些俚語具有很強的表現力來描述我們的情感。

1. 表述：deadbeat dad

解析： A father who is not involved in the lives of his children, physically and/or monetarily. （不給前期撫養孩子費用的父親）

例句：Don't be a deadbeat dad, Sean—go see your kids this weekend!

Seen，別當賴賬的爸爸，這週末去看你的孩子吧!

I'm no deadbeat dad, I make all of my child support payments!

我不是個不給孩子撫養費的爸爸，我付我小孩的所有撫養費！

Did you hear the news? Rob was arrested last night for being a deadbeat dad. He owes his ex-wife ten thousand dollars!

你聽說了嗎，Rob被拘留了，因爲他沒有付給前期孩子的撫養費，欠了前期一萬美元。

4. 表述：ex
解析： former wife or husband; former boyfriend or girlfriend （前妻或前夫；前男友或女友）

例句：My ex shares custody of the children.

我原先的配偶分擔照顧孩子的責任。

He is one of her many exes.

他是她以前衆多的男友之一。

Anthony is my ex, but we get along better now than we were married.

Anthony是我的前夫，但是我們現在相處比結婚的時候要好。

我們今天學習了2個非常有表現力的表述法。Hope thatyoucanbearthem in your mind. 這也是雅思考試必備的詞彙哦！