matchmake

IPA/mˈatʃmeɪk/
IPA/mˈætʃmeɪk/

matchmake — 動詞

  • matchmakepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • matchmakes3rd person singular
  • matchmaking-ing form
  • matchmakedpast simple

1. to try to arrange for two people to get married or become a couple, often by sch

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

作媒；撮合

試圖為他人安排婚姻或伴侶關係

to try to arrange for two people to get married or become a couple, often by scheming or meddling in their personal lives

例句

The village elder loved to matchmake for the young farmers and shepherds.

村裡的長老喜歡為年輕的農夫和牧羊人作媒。

matchmake + for + [person]

Mrs. Chatterjee could not stop matchmaking for her nephew despite his loud protests.

Chatterjee 太太不顧姪子的大聲反對，不停地為他撮合對象。

常見搭配
  • matchmake for someone
  • try to matchmake
  • love to matchmake
  • matchmake between (two people)
同義詞
  • play matchmaker

    more common phrasing, same meaning but less formal

  • arrange a marriage

    neutral phrasing without the scheming connotation; can describe formal arrangements

  • pair off

    broader term for bringing any two people together, not necessarily for marriage

文法句型

matchmake + for + someone

用法筆記

Almost always intransitive and followed by 'for' to name the person being matched. Carries a light connotation of scheming or unwanted interference.

常見錯誤

She matchmade him with her cousin.
She matchmade for him, setting him up with her cousin.
'matchmake' is intransitive; you matchmake for someone, not matchmake someone directly.

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常用片語

  • try to matchmake
  • love to matchmake
  • cannot resist matchmaking

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