美語婚姻（四）

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Some people feel that marriage is not always 50-50， sometimes is 90-10.有些人覺得結(jié)婚不是常常平分各半的，有時指一方90%，另一方10%。（50-50 = fifty-fifty； 90-10就是指一方做的比另一方多，也可用80-20，70-30等表達方式）Living in the atmosphere of a loveless marriage can be as detrimental as a breakup.生活在沒有愛情的婚姻里，其造成損害程度，就像婚姻破裂一樣。Giving her a diamond ring will not guarantee that affection will last forever in their lives.贈送一粒鉆戒不能保證他們生命中的愛情能永遠持續(xù)。She should put her foot down and impress upon him that she married him to be his partner， not his maid.她應(yīng)該果斷而堅定地告訴他，她嫁給他是做他的伴侶，不是傭人。（to put one's foot down果斷行動或堅持；impress upon him = tell him forcefully）The casual sexual encounter has now become the most typical extramarital experience.偶然的“水乳交融”現(xiàn)已成為最典型的婚外情。He feels he has too big an investment in his marriage to throw in the towel.他覺得他在婚姻上“投資”太大而不愿認(rèn)輸。（to throw in the towel是承認(rèn)失敗）How come a gorgeous， intelligent man like him is divorced； his ex must have been out of her mind to let him go.像他那樣輝煌明智的男人怎么會離婚；他的前妻一定精神有毛病才讓他離開。（to be out of one's mind精神錯亂；發(fā)狂）Most men love to get an eyeful of the bikini girls whenever possible.不論什么時間，男人多半對穿三點式泳裝的女子，都想一飽眼福。（to get an eyeful指好好看一下）Being sexually active into your 70s， 80s or 90s is not only healthy， it can be a lifesaver.七八十或九十年長者，對性愛還能“生龍活虎”的話，不但是健康表現(xiàn)，還能延年益壽。He said that cash-strapped person's favorite cheap pastime is sex. 他說性愛是窮人喜歡而省錢的娛樂。（strap是束縛或缺乏；cash-strapped = short of money）Even though she may tell you， “It is okay！”， she secretly wish you were not such a “softy”.即使她也許告訴你“還不錯”，但她暗地盼望你不是“舉白旗”的人。（softy是口語，指軟弱者）（編輯/立原）