jilt
jilt — 動詞
- jiltpresent simple I / you / we / they
- jiltshe / she / it
- jiltedpast simple
- jilting-ing form
1. to suddenly break off a romantic relationship with someone, especially in a way
拋棄；甩掉
突然無情地結束戀愛關係
to suddenly break off a romantic relationship with someone, especially in a way that leaves the other person hurt and confused.
Hana was devastated when her fiancé jilted her just days before the wedding.
Hana 的未婚夫在婚禮前幾天拋棄了她，讓她非常崩潰。
passive: be jilted by [person] at a major event
After dating for two years, Eva suddenly jilted her boyfriend without giving any clear reason.
交往兩年後，Eva 突然甩掉男友，沒有給出任何明確的理由。
The main character in the novel jilts his childhood sweetheart to marry a wealthier woman.
小說主角拋棄青梅竹馬的戀人，娶了更有錢的女人。
active: jilt [person] to [do something else]
Emeka felt deeply humiliated after being jilted at the altar in front of their families.
Emeka 在婚禮當天被當著親友的面甩掉，感到深受羞辱。
Rosa's friends warned her not to jilt her partner through a simple text message.
Rosa 的朋友勸她不要只靠一封簡訊就把伴侶甩了。
- jilt someone at the altar
- jilt a lover
- jilt a fiancé
- jilt a partner
- cruelly jilted
- suddenly jilted
文法句型
be jilted by [someone]
jilt [someone]
用法筆記
Often used in the passive voice. The most common context involves a wedding that is called off at the last moment — 'jilted at the altar' is a frequent fixed phrase.
常見錯誤
jilt — 名詞
1. a person who suddenly breaks off a romantic relationship in a cruel or unfeeling
薄情的人；負心人
突然無情甩掉伴侶的人
a person who suddenly breaks off a romantic relationship in a cruel or unfeeling way.
In the film, Lucia plays the role of a cold-hearted jilt who leaves her lover for money.
在電影中，Lucia 扮演一個為了錢拋棄愛人的薄情角色。
attributive use: 'a cold-hearted jilt' with adjective
The old song tells the story of a poor young man betrayed by a faithless jilt.
那首老歌唱的是一個可憐的年輕人被負心的愛人背叛的故事。
No one trusted Boris after he became known as a jilt who had abandoned two previous partners.
Boris 拋棄了兩任伴侶之後，大家都覺得他是個薄情的人。
The poem describes the pain of loving a beautiful but heartless jilt.
這首詩描寫了愛上一個美麗卻無情之人的痛苦。
- a cruel jilt
- a heartless jilt
- a faithless jilt
- heartbreaker
more common in modern English; less literary
- betrayer
focuses on the breaking of trust rather than the relationship ending
- faithful partner
someone who stays loyal in a relationship
用法筆記
This noun is now uncommon and has a somewhat old-fashioned or literary flavour. It refers to a person who ends the relationship, not the person who is left behind.
常見錯誤
同根字
- jilted形容詞C1
- jilter名詞C1