Relationships & Social

Phrasal verbs for interpersonal connections

简介

人际关系在互动中建立、经受考验，有时也会破裂。短语动词完美地捕捉了这些变化：情侣"break up（分手）"又"make up（和好）"，朋友"fall out（闹翻）"又"patch things up（修补关系）"，我们都努力和难相处的人"get along（和睦相处）"。

这一章探索描述社交生活的短语动词——从初次见面到长久友谊，从浪漫开始到复杂收场。

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本章全部短语动词（69）

• break up To end a romantic relationship
• make up To reconcile after an argument
• get along To have a friendly relationship
• fall out To have a serious argument and stop being friends
• ask out To invite someone on a date
• go out To be in a romantic relationship (British) or leave the house
• look up to To admire and respect someone
• look down on To consider someone inferior
• grow apart To gradually become less close to someone
• hang out To spend time with friends casually
• hit it off To quickly become good friends
• drift apart To gradually become less close
• stand by To support someone through difficulties
• let go of To stop holding onto someone emotionally
• settle down To start living a stable, quiet life (often with a partner)
• split up To end a romantic relationship
• warm up to To gradually start to like someone
• reach out To make contact or offer help
• chat up To talk flirtatiously to someone
• go out with To be in a romantic relationship with someone
• walk out on To abandon someone suddenly
• cheat on To be unfaithful to a partner
• look after To take care of someone or something
• stick up for To defend or support someone
• put up with To tolerate something unpleasant
• lean on To depend on someone for support
• come between To cause problems in a relationship
• look out for To take care of someone; to watch for
• fall for To fall in love with; to be deceived by
• drop in To visit unexpectedly
• stick with To remain loyal or committed
• team up To join together for a common purpose
• pair up To form a pair or couple
• check up on To monitor or verify
• catch up with To meet after time apart
• count on To rely on
• hit on To flirt with or proposition
• hook up To have a casual romantic encounter
• get together To start a relationship
• move in together To start living with a partner
• get along with To have a friendly relationship
• hang out with To spend casual time with
• stick by To remain loyal to
• stick together To remain united and supportive
• confide in To share secrets or personal matters
• reach out to To contact someone for connection
• take after To resemble a family member
• take in To provide shelter for someone
• turn to To seek help or support from
• turn on To suddenly become hostile towards
• run out on To abandon suddenly
• lead on To deceive with false hopes
• push away To emotionally distance from others
• freeze out To exclude coldly
• butt heads To disagree or clash
• rub off on To influence through close contact
• take to To start liking
• click with To connect instantly with someone
• rub along To manage to coexist
• kiss up to To flatter excessively
• suck up to To flatter someone for advantage
• buddy up To form a friendship or partnership
• pair off To form couples or partnerships
• gang up on To unite against someone
• side with To support one person against another
• make friends with To become friends with
• lose touch To no longer be in contact
• keep in touch To maintain contact
• get in touch To make contact