美國人盡管喊了多少年的「性開放」，但很多美國人在談情說愛方面，

仍然喜歡采用一些含蓄保守的詞句或語句，表現(xiàn)文明和禮貌。以下舉一些例句，

或許能說明一二。

to have a crush on (someone);

to feel an instant magnetism;

to catch one's eyes; to hit it off;

to have the hots for (someone);

to be attracted to each other.

這些片語，都是描寫男女間互相傾慕，兩情相悅，有吸引力或一見鍾情。

例如：

* He (she) has a crush on her (him) (他對她十分愛慕) 。

* He felt an instant magnetism when their eyes met.

(他們見面時，他立即感到磁性般的吸住)。 意指女的外表吸引;

如果是 she felt …… 那么就是指男的外表吸引。

* A nice-looking girl caught his eye.(漂亮的妞兒吸住)。

注意：不用eyes。

* He was introduced to a pretty woman and they seem to hit it off

immediately.(他被介紹給一位漂亮女子後，他們似乎就一見鍾情)。 或

* They were attracted to each other the moment their eyes met.

* When he met her, he had the hots for

her.(當他見到她，他就對她愛慕不已。)(多半指 sexual attraction。)

例如說，女對男的沒有興趣，那么也可以說：

* She did not feel any attraction toward him.(她對他毫無興趣); 或

* He is the man for whom she feels no attraction, catch or no

catch.(不管他的條件好或壞，她對他就是沒有興趣)。

這里的 catch，可指財富、地位、名望和外表。

to be a lady's man (或 ladies' man);

to be a prince on a white horse;

to be a casanova;

to be a womanizer.

這些都是指男人英俊瀟灑，作風奔放，野性旺盛，喜歡在「女人窩」里。例如：

* Mr. Lin has been considered a prince on a white

horse.(林先生被認為是白馬王子。)

這是中古時代女子對男人的夢中理想，然而現(xiàn)在也有老外認為美男子應該是：

全身盔甲燦爛光輝的王子。

* He is a prince in a shining armour.(動詞時態(tài)：shine, shone 或

shined。)

* Many people think that Mr. Clinton is a real lady‘s man.(或 a

real womanizer)(許多人認為柯林頓先生喜歡在女人窩里。)

*As a casanova, he has many girl

friends.(由於他是美男子，他有許多女友。)

(Casanova 是意大利人，據說是頂尖的美男子，他的全名是：Casanova de

seingalt Giovanni Giacomo 在此 casanova 被當做普通名詞，故 c不必大寫。

如果形容男人外表魅惑力大，能使女人「如饑似渴」般崇拜他，也可以說：

* He has melted her down and made her knees

buckle.(他把她溶化了，使她拜倒他的西裝褲下)。

這句話老外通常不用在男人身上，也許因為男子應該比較堅強些吧!或且說：

* So many women swarmed him like bees to the

honey.(許多女人看到他，就像一群蜜蜂見到蜜那樣蜂擁而至。)

倘若說：…… like flies to the garbage

指像一群蒼蠅喜歡垃圾那樣，當然就不是恭維了。

to be a beauty queen; to be a dream boat;

to be a cutie; to be a babe;

to be a fox.

這些都是形容女人漂亮，曲線玲瓏，身材曼妙，揮身性感或散發(fā)一種性感的野性。

例如：

* She is a beauty queen.(= very beautiful)

* She is a cutie.(= pretty and attractive)(漂亮迷人)

* She is a dream boat.(= ideal type of woman)(理想女人)

* She is a babe.(= very beautiful and attractive)

* She is a fox.(= She is a foxy lady = She is

sexy.)(她很性感)。

注意：如果說： She is as sneaky(或 cunning)as a fox.

又是指她像狐貍一樣的狡猾。

假如女人能使男人拜倒她的石榴裙下或神魂顛倒那么就能說：

* Her beauty (attraction) has caused his knees to shake. (或 to

quiver)(她的漂亮迷人使他膝部發(fā)抖)?；?/p>

* She made him feel up there in the clouds.

(= on clouds nine = on the top of the

world)(她使他神魂顛倒，飄飄然如仙。)

其實，所謂「情人眼里出西施」(Beauty is in the eyes of

beholder)，世上的美或丑，只是主觀的看法而已。

to fall in love with (someone);

to fall head over heels in love; to love (someone) from head to

toe.

都是指男歡女愛，沉溺情海，或是愛得暈頭轉向。

例如：

* They have fallen in love with each other for

years.(他們相愛多年)。

(動詞時態(tài)：fall, fell, fallen)

* He fell head over heels in love with her.

(= He fell for her head over heels = He is head over-heels in

love with

her.)(他與她沉溺情海，愛得暈頭轉向。)多半指很快落入情海。

* He loves her from head to

toe.(他從頭到腳地愛她)。多指經過較長時間後才熱戀, 或

* He falls madly in love with her.

至於男女熱戀時「目中無人」或「形影不離」，也可以說:

* They are two peas in a pod.

(他們像豆莢里的兩粒豆子--即形影不離。)

* They only have eyes for each other(and forget the entire

world.)(世界上似乎只有他們兩個人。)