中式英语之鉴:迈克把他的女朋友给甩了

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你听说了吗？迈克把他的女朋友给甩了。

[误] 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. 虽然表示“与某人分手了”，但并没说明是谁先提出来的。而dump 的原意指“倾倒垃圾”，用在这里则表示像倒垃圾一样地甩掉