英语短语"cheat on"的核心含义是“对(配偶/伴侣)不忠;出轨;背叛(感情)”,是描述亲密关系中“背叛”行为的常用表达。
特指在恋爱或婚姻关系中,一方违背忠诚承诺,与第三者发生情感或身体上的关系。
1、 结构:`cheat on + 宾语(被背叛的伴侣)`
宾语通常是恋人/配偶(如:wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner 等)。
若要说明“与谁出轨”,可再加 `with + 第三者`。
2、 常见搭配:
cheat on one’s wife/husband 对妻子/丈夫不忠
cheat on one’s girlfriend/boyfriend 背叛女朋友/男朋友
cheat on one’s partner 背叛伴侣
1、 主动句(强调出轨者):
He cheated on his girlfriend with her best friend.
(他和女朋友的闺蜜出轨了。)
I never thought she would cheat on me.
(我从没想过她会背叛我。)
2、 被动句(强调被背叛者):
She was cheated on by her husband for years.
(她被丈夫背叛了好几年。)
3、 疑问句/否定句:
Did you ever cheat on your ex-partner?
(你有没有背叛过前任?)
I would never cheat on someone I love.
(我绝不会背叛我爱的人。)
4、 补充“第三者”:
They split up after he cheated on her with a co-worker.
(他和同事出轨后,他们分手了。)
cheat on sb.:感情背叛(核心义);
cheat sb. (out of sth.):欺骗某人(钱财/利益)(如:He cheated me out of $50. 他骗了我50美元。);
cheat in an exam/test:考试作弊(注意:此处不用“on”,而用“in”或省略介词,如 cheat on a test 虽常见,但更准确的是 cheat in a test)。
简言之,"cheat on" 是描述“情感背叛”的高频短语,聚焦亲密关系中的忠诚问题,用法简单直接,是日常口语和书面语中都会用到的表达。