中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴23
你听说了吗?迈克把他的女朋友给甩了。
[误] Have you ever heard that Mike broke up with his girlfriend.
[正] Have you ever heard that Mike dumped his girlfriend.
注：break up with sb. 虽然表示“与某人分手了”，但并没说明是谁先提出来的。而dump 的原意指“倾倒垃圾”，用在这里则表示像倒垃圾一样地甩掉
