romance

noun

/rəʊˈmæns/, /ˈrəʊmæns/

/ˈrəʊmæns/

[countable] an exciting, usually short, relationship between two people who are in love with each other（通常指短暂的）浪漫史，爱情关系，风流韵事
- a holiday romance假日浪漫史
- They had a whirlwind romance.他们之间有过一段短暂的风流韵事。
- Everyone knows that online romances never work out.大家都知道网恋不会有什么结果。
- Have you ever had an office romance?你曾有过办公室恋情吗？
- He was still recovering from a failed romance.他还没有完全从失败的恋情中恢复过来。
- It ruined their perfect fairy-tale romance.这葬送了他们童话般的美满罗曼史。
- They had a brief romance in the eighties.他们在 80 年代有过一段短暂的恋情。
- We're seeing more interracial romances in the movies.我们在电影中看到越来越多的跨种族恋情。
- the true story of a real-life romance现实生活中真实的爱情故事
- a summer romance夏日情事
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- brief
- broken
- whirlwind
- …
verb + romance
- have
- begin
- start
- …
romance + verb
- blossom
- begin
- end
- …
[uncountable] love or the feeling of being in love恋爱；爱情
- Spring is here and romance is in the air.春天来了，到处洋溢着爱情的气息。
- How can you put the romance back into your marriage?怎样才能使你的婚姻再次充满绵绵爱意呢？
Collocations Marriage and divorce
Marriage and divorce结婚和离婚Romance恋爱
- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)（疯狂地／深深地／无可救药地）爱上／爱着（某人）
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight是／相信一见钟情；一见钟情
- be/find true love/the love of your life是／找到真爱／一生的爱
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love受单相思之苦
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something对某人／某事有着／表示出强烈的／深深的／真挚的爱慕之情
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend与丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友结识／结婚
- have/go on a (blind) date有个／去约会／相亲
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman与一个小伙子／女生／男生／男人／女人在谈恋爱
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner与男朋友／女朋友／伴侣同居
Weddings婚礼
- get/be engaged/married/divorced订婚；结婚；离婚
- arrange/plan a wedding安排婚礼
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage举行隆重的婚礼；度蜜月；婚姻幸福
- have/enter into an arranged marriage有一个／走入包办婚姻
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding取消／推迟婚礼
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception邀请某人出席／参加婚礼／结婚典礼／结婚喜宴
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony举行结婚典礼
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows交换戒指；互致结婚誓言
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple祝贺这对幸福的新人；为这对幸福的伉俪干杯
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)（与妻子／丈夫）在／去度蜜月
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary庆祝第一个（结婚）纪念日
Separation and divorce分居和离婚
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend对丈夫／妻子／伴侣／未婚夫／未婚妻／男朋友／女朋友不忠
- have an affair (with somebody)（和某人）有暧昧关系
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship解除／终止婚约／恋爱关系
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend与男友／女友分手；甩掉男友／女友
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife和丈夫／妻子分居；离弃丈夫／妻子；与丈夫／妻子离婚
- annul/dissolve a marriage宣布婚姻无效；解除婚姻关系
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce申请／要求／办理离婚；离婚
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children获得／被判予／拥有／失去对孩子的监护权
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)（向前妻／前夫）支付生活费／子女抚养费
- Most of her songs are about love and romance.她的大多数歌曲是有关爱情和浪漫故事的。
- People find romance in strange places.人们往往能在陌生的地方找到爱情。
Topics Family and relationshipsb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- true
- interracial
verb + romance
- find
romance + verb
- be in the air
- bloom
phrases
- love and romance
[countable] a story about a love affair爱情故事
- She's a compulsive reader of romances.她热衷于阅读爱情故事。
[uncountable] a feeling of excitement and adventure, especially connected to a particular place or activity传奇色彩；浪漫氛围
- the romance of travel旅行奇趣
[countable] a story of excitement and adventure, often set in the past传奇故事
- medieval romances中世纪的传奇故事
Topics Literature and writingc1

词源Middle English: from Romance, originally denoting a composition in the vernacular as opposed to works in Latin. Early use denoted vernacular verse on the theme of chivalry; the sense ‘genre centred on romantic love’ dates from the mid 17th cent.