迷你對話學地道口語第272期:眼不見,心不煩

迷你對話：

A: I hear that Tom got divorced, and I don’t know how he is now.

我聽說Tom離婚了。

B: Out of sight, out of mind.

眼不見，心不煩。

A: Who do you mean?

此話怎講？

B: Don’t you know they have had little affection for each other?

難道你不知道嗎？他們夫妻感情一直不好。

地道表達：out of sight, out of mind

解詞釋義：If you do not see someone or something frequently, you will forget about it. (Sometimes used to imply that you will forget about people who have moved away.) 翻譯爲：眼不見，心不煩。

支持範例：

She promised to write when she moved to another state, but she hasn't.I suppose it's a case of being out of sight, out of mind.

她答應過到另一個州後會寫信來的，可是她並沒有寫。我想這說明眼不見，心不想，不見到的人會很快被人忘了的。

My husband is very attentive when he's at home, but when he's away on business he never even thinks to phone me - out of sight out to mind.

我丈夫在家時對我很關心，但一出差從不想着給我打電話——真是眼不見，心不想。

You'll soon forget about him after he leaves - out of sight, out of mind.

他離開之後，你很快會忘卻她的，眼不見，心不想。

詞海拾貝：

have affection for：對......有感情

講解：對話中提到的是have little affection for each other意思是彼此之間幾乎沒有感情。注意affection做“感情”這個意思解釋時，是不可數名詞，也屬於抽象性名詞，在其前面可以加些修飾詞有不同的意思。例如：have deep affection for each other（感情彌篤）， to have tender affection for sb. （憐愛）have genuine affection for sb.（真愛）等。

支持範例：Do you have sincere affection for him?

你真對他有意嗎?

As I have already told you I have an instinctive affection for him, the source of which I cannot explain to you.

就象我已經跟你說過的，我對他有一種油然生髮的愛，這種愛的來源我沒法向你解釋。

If you have any of your old affection for me, do what you can.

只要你對我還懷有一點點舊日的感情，你就盡力而爲吧。

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