迷你对话学地道口语第272期:眼不见,心不烦

　　迷你对话：
A: I hear that Tom got divorced, and I don’t know how he is now.
我听说Tom离婚了。
B: Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见，心不烦。
A: Who do you mean?
此话怎讲？
B: Don’t you know they have had little affection for each other?
难道你不知道吗？他们夫妻感情一直不好。
地道表达：out of sight, out of mind
解词释义：If you do not see someone or something frequently, you will forget about it. (Sometimes used to imply that you will forget about people who have moved away.) 翻译为：眼不见，心不烦。
支持范例：
She promised to write when she moved to another state, but she hasn't.I suppose it's a case of being out of sight, out of mind.
她答应过到另一个州后会写信来的，可是她并没有写。我想这说明眼不见，心不想，不见到的人会很快被人忘了的。
My husband is very attentive¹ when he's at home, but when he's away on business he never even thinks to phone me - out of sight out to mind.
我丈夫在家时对我很关心，但一出差从不想着给我打电话——真是眼不见，心不想。
You'll soon forget about him after he leaves - out of sight, out of mind.
他离开之后，你很快会忘却她的，眼不见，心不想。
词海拾贝：
have affection for：对......有感情
讲解：对话中提到的是have little affection for each other意思是彼此之间几乎没有感情。注意affection做“感情”这个意思解释时，是不可数名词，也属于抽象性名词，在其前面可以加些修饰词有不同的意思。例如：have deep affection for each other（感情弥笃）， to have tender affection for sb. （怜爱）have genuine affection for sb.（真爱）等。
支持范例：Do you have sincere affection for him?
你真对他有意吗?
As I have already told you I have an instinctive² affection for him, the source of which I cannot explain to you.
就象我已经跟你说过的，我对他有一种油然生发的爱，这种爱的来源我没法向你解释。
If you have any of your old affection for me, do what you can.
只要你对我还怀有一点点旧日的感情，你就尽力而为吧。

1 attentive   

adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的

参考例句：

• She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
• The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

2 instinctive   

adj.(出于)本能的；直觉的；(出于)天性的

参考例句：

• He tried to conceal his instinctive revulsion at the idea.他试图饰盖自己对这一想法本能的厌恶。
• Animals have an instinctive fear of fire.动物本能地怕火。