华育中学-地道美语：Love不只是“爱”意

小李子

在美式英语中，Love一词不仅表示“爱”，还有若干其他意思，不妨学习一下：

1) Love of my life 一生的爱
Melissa says Mike, her new boyfriend is the love of her life.
When will I find the love of my life?

2) For the love of Pete!! 天啊!! 表示很frustrated，无可奈何，很沮丧的。可以说For the love of...anything(cats/ China / chocolate...)!
Oh! For the love of Pete! Bob is 30 minutes late for dinner! I'm leaving.

3) love handles 腰部赘肉
Cameron told me to lay off the junk food, because he thinks I'm getting love handles. He's so mean.

4) misery loves company 同病相怜, 或者自己遇到不开心的事, 不想让别人好受
- Why is Ralph so grumpy today?
- He got in a fight with his girlfriend last night. Misery loves company.

5) love-hate relationship 爱恨交加的关系
I have a love-hate relationship with cookies...
They taste so good ! But they're so fattening! They give me love handles.