Learn English Vocabulary Daily #57.2 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native Podcast
每天学习5个英语短语动词，适合英语学习者提升日常交流能力。本期讲解to stand someone up，适用于社交和职场场景。
Hello and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.
大家好，欢迎收听《像母语一样说英语》（The English Like a Native Podcast）这个播客节目。
My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 57, Day 2 of Your English Five a Day.
我的名字是安娜，您现在正在收听《Your English Five a Day》节目的第57周、第2天的内容。
Come here to get your healthy daily
过来领取你每日所需的健康食品吧！
dose of English vocabulary so that you can grow and start to feel more confident and like yourself when expressing yourself in English.
学习一定量的英语词汇，这样你就能在用英语表达自己的想法时不断进步，逐渐变得更加自信，也更能展现出真实的自我。
So, let's begin with the phrasal verb to stand someone up.
那么，我们先来了解一下这个短语动词 “to stand someone up” 的含义吧。
To stand someone up.
放某人鸽子（即没有按照约定与某人见面或做某事）。
Stand up.
站起来。
Stand, we spell S T A N D.
Stand”这个词的拼写是“S-T-A-N-D”。
Up, U P.
起来，快起来！
To stand someone up means that you fail to meet them at a scheduled time or place.
放某人鸽子”（即没有在约定的时间或地点与某人见面）是一种不诚实的行为。
This is often used when you are planning to go on a date
当你计划去约会时，经常会用到这种方法。
or to meet someone socially.
或者是为了在社交场合结识某人。
You can also use it to describe someone not turning up to a meeting in a professional capacity,
你也可以用这个词来描述某人在以职业身份参与的会议中未能按时到场的情况。
but it's specifically when they don't attend, and they also don't notify you.
但问题恰恰出在他们既没有参加会议，也没有通知你的情况下。
So, they don't tell you in advance that they're not going to be there.
所以，他们不会提前告诉你他们不会到场。
So, if I am due to have a meeting with a new teacher that I'm considering employing within my business,
那么，如果我需要与一位我正在考虑聘用来为我公司工作的新教师会面的话……
and we arrange to meet in the morning at 10am for our meeting via Zoom.
我们约定早上10点通过Zoom进行会议。
I share the link; we confirm we're
我分享了链接；我们确认我们确实……（不过句子不完整，后续内容缺失。）
going to meet at 10am and then
我们打算在上午10点见面，然后……
I open up Zoom and I'm sitting there waiting at 10am waiting to do this interview and they don't turn up.
我打开了 Zoom 软件，坐在那里等待着上午 10 点的面试时间，但他们始终没有出现。
So, I check my inbox, have they
那么，我查看了收件箱……他们有没有发消息给我呢？
sent me an email to let me know that they are running late or that they need to postpone for some reason?
他们有没有给我发邮件，告诉我他们可能会迟到，或者由于某种原因需要推迟计划？
No, no email, and no messages anywhere.
没有，没有任何电子邮件，也没有任何消息出现在任何地方。
So, I have just been stood up.
所以，我刚刚被人放鸽子了（即被对方突然取消约会或承诺）。
This phrasal verb is most commonly used for talking about dates and social arrangements, social engagements.
这个短语动词最常用于谈论约会、社交安排以及各种社交活动。
You must have had this at some point.
你肯定在某个时候遇到过这种情况。
Maybe you haven't.
也许你还没有这样做。
Maybe you are one of the lucky ones who has never been stood up.
也许你属于那些幸运的人之一，从未遇到过被对方放鸽子（即被突然取消约会）的情况。
But most of us have, at some point, been stood up and it's awful.
但我们大多数人都有过被别人放鸽子的经历，那种感觉真的很糟糕。
I think what's even worse is that blurred moment when you're not sure if you've been stood up.
我认为更糟糕的是那种模糊不清的情境——你根本不确定自己是否被人“放鸽子”了（即是否被欺骗或被甩了）。
So, the arrangement is you're going to meet with your date at 7pm and you're sitting there, 7pm comes and goes,
那么，安排是这样的：你需要在晚上7点与你的约会对象见面。你坐在那里等待，然而时间一分一秒地过去了，7点终于到了，却还是没有人出现。
and you are still alone, and you don't know yet, are they just a few minutes late or have I been stood up?
你依然孤身一人，而且你还不知道：他们只是稍微晚到了几分钟，还是真的放了你鸽子（即没有按照约定与你见面）？
And then you have a very anxious wait, and you wonder to yourself, as the minutes tick by,
然后就是一段充满焦虑的等待时间。随着时间的一分一秒流逝，你不禁在心里问自己：
"How long do I leave it until I take action or until I accept that I've been stood up?"
我应该等多久才采取行动，或者才承认自己被欺骗了（即对方并没有真心打算履行承诺）？
Do you let 10 minutes go?
你会让时间过去10分钟吗？
15 minutes?
15分钟？
20 minutes?
20分钟？
I mean, it's quite rude to arrive 20 minutes late without any warning or any notice that you've been delayed.
我的意思是，如果迟到20分钟却没有任何预警或通知，这确实是非常不礼貌的行为。
Now you may as you sometimes see in movies; you may sit there for an entire evening.
现在，你可以像在电影里有时看到的那样：坐在那里一整个晚上。
You may order your meal, eat alone, drink half a bottle of wine, thinking that maybe you got the time wrong.
你可以点餐，独自用餐，再喝半瓶葡萄酒，同时心里想着：“也许我算错了时间……