To two-time someone is to cheat on them — to be secretly seeing another person while you are still in a relationship with them. It is a verb, and the person you are being unfaithful TO is the object: 'She two-timed him for months' means she was his girlfriend and was secretly with someone else as well. Note that direction carefully, because it catches learners out.

To two-time someone is to cheat on themTo two-time someone就是對他們劈腿 to be secretly seeing another person while you are still in a relationship with them在還跟他們維持關係的時候偷偷跟另一個人交往 It is a verb, and the person you are being unfaithful TO is the object這是動詞而你不忠實對待的那個人是受詞 'She two-timed him for months' means she was his girlfriend and was secretly with someone else as well'She two-timed him for months'的意思是她是他的女朋友同時又偷偷跟別人在一起 Note that direction carefully, because it catches learners out這個方向要特別注意因為很多學習者會在這裡搞錯

It is informal and spoken, a bit old-fashioned now — it has a 1950s film feeling to it, and younger people usually just say 'cheat on'. It is also lighter in tone than 'cheat on': you can say it with a raised eyebrow, half joking, in a way 'he was unfaithful' does not allow.

It is informal and spoken, a bit old-fashioned now這個字很口語現在聽起來有點老派 it has a 1950s film feeling to it帶點1950年代電影的味道 and younger people usually just say 'cheat on'年輕人通常直接說'cheat on' It is also lighter in tone than 'cheat on'它的語氣也比'cheat on'輕一點 you can say it with a raised eyebrow, half joking你可以帶點挑眉、半開玩笑地說 in a way 'he was unfaithful' does not allow這是'he was unfaithful'做不到的

People do stretch it beyond romance, joking about loyalty to a hairdresser, a coffee shop or a football team — 'I'm two-timing my usual barber' — but that is a joke built on the romantic meaning, not a separate one. Forms: two-timed, two-timing.

People do stretch it beyond romance, joking about loyalty to a hairdresser, a coffee shop or a football team大家也會把這個字延伸到愛情以外開玩笑講對髮型師、咖啡店或足球隊的忠誠度 'I'm two-timing my usual barber''I'm two-timing my usual barber' but that is a joke built on the romantic meaning, not a separate one但這是建立在愛情那個意思上的玩笑不是另一個獨立的意思 Forms: two-timed, two-timing變化形:two-timed、two-timing

There is a completely separate thing to keep apart: 'two-time' as in 'a two-time champion' means someone who won twice. Same spelling, no connection — that one is an adjective before a noun, this one is a verb.

There is a completely separate thing to keep apart還有一件完全不同的事要分開來看 'two-time' as in 'a two-time champion' means someone who won twice'two-time'在'a two-time champion'裡的意思是「贏過兩次的人」 Same spelling, no connection拼法一樣但沒有關聯 that one is an adjective before a noun, this one is a verb那個是放在名詞前面的形容詞這個則是動詞