- 1
A womanizer is a man who has sexual relationships with lots of different women, treating them as conquests rather than as people he cares about. The word says something about his pattern of behaviour over years, not about one affair, and it is always — you are saying he uses women.
A womanizer is a man一個 womanizer 是一個男人 who has sexual relationships with lots of different women跟很多不同的女人發生性關係, treating them as conquests rather than as people he cares about把她們當成征服的對象,而不是真正在乎的人 The word says something about his pattern of behaviour over years這個詞說的是他多年下來的行為模式, not about one affair而不是單一一次外遇, and而且 it is always disapproving它永遠帶著否定的意味 — you are saying he uses women你其實是在說他利用女人
Notice how it differs from words nearby: a 'playboy' is rich and enjoys himself and the word sounds glamorous; a 'flirt' only talks and jokes, without necessarily doing anything; 'cheat' or 'cheater' is about breaking a promise to one partner. 'Womanizer' sits in the middle — it is about quantity and about not caring.
Notice how it differs from words nearby要注意它跟附近幾個詞的不同: a 'playboy'「playboy(花花公子)」 is rich and enjoys himself and the word sounds glamorous有錢又愛享受,這個詞聽起來還挺光鮮亮麗的; a 'flirt'「flirt(愛調情的人)」 only talks and jokes, without necessarily doing anything只是說說笑笑,不一定真的做什麼; 'cheat' or 'cheater'「cheat/cheater(劈腿的人)」 is about breaking a promise to one partner重點在於對某一個伴侶失信 'Womanizer'「womanizer」 sits in the middle則介於中間 — it is about quantity and about not caring重點在於數量多、又不在乎
The tone is but not the strongest word English has; it can even sound slightly indulgent, the tired way people talk about an old actor or politician ('he was a terrible womanizer'), which is why some writers now avoid it and use harder, clearer language when the behaviour was actually abusive.
The tone is disapproving but not the strongest word English has語氣是否定的,但不是英文裡最重的詞; it can even sound slightly indulgent它甚至可能聽起來有點縱容, the tired way people talk about an old actor or politician就像人們談起某個老演員或政治人物時那種老掉牙的口吻 ('he was a terrible womanizer'「他以前是個很糟的 womanizer」), which is why這也是為什麼 some writers now avoid it有些作者現在會避免用它 and而 use harder, clearer language改用更重、更清楚的字眼 when the behaviour was actually abusive當那種行為其實已經構成傷害時
It is a normal word for reading and for talking about people in the news; British writing may spell it 'womaniser'. There is no common word used about a woman in the same way — English has never made one, and that gap tells you something about how the language grew.
It is a normal word for reading and for talking about people in the news它是閱讀和談論新聞人物時常見的詞; British writing may spell it 'womaniser'英式拼法可能寫成「womaniser」 There is no common word used about a woman in the same way英文沒有對等的常用詞用在女人身上 — English has never made one英文從來沒造出這樣一個詞, and而 that gap tells you something about how the language grew這個空缺也透露出這個語言是怎麼演變出來的
組成'womanize' + '-er', the ending that means 'the person who does it'. Underneath, that is 'woman' + '-ize' + '-er'.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
womanizernoun/ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/
- 1
A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
- A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”.
- Sometimes the stereotype is framed as light and cheeky—think the “boys will be boys” mentality exemplified by sitcom womanizers such as How I Met Your Mothers Barney Stinson or '''Two and a Half Mens Charlie Harper.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。