中式英語之鑑:邁克把他的女朋友給甩了

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你聽說了嗎？邁克把他的女朋友給甩了。

[誤] Have you ever heard that Mike broke up with his girlfriend.

[正] Have you ever heard that Mike dumped his girlfriend.

注：break up with sb. 雖然表示“與某人分手了”，但並沒說明是誰先提出來的。而dump 的原意指“傾倒垃圾”，用在這裏則表示像倒垃圾一樣地甩掉