a Dear John letter
基本解釋
- 斷情書(shū)
英漢例句
- He(President Bush) should call in his chief of staff and hand him a one- sentence letter: Dear John: Please quit.
他(布什總統(tǒng))應(yīng)該把他的幕僚長(zhǎng)叫進(jìn)來(lái),遞給他一封只有一句話的信:親愛(ài)的約翰:辭職吧。老頭子。 - It was a"dear John"letter. The writer, in a delicate script, told the recipient, whose name was Michael, that her mother for-bade her to see him again.
信上稱呼對(duì)方為‘親愛(ài)的約翰’,寫(xiě)信人字跡清秀,告訴一位叫邁克爾的收信人,說(shuō)他媽媽不許她再和他見(jiàn)面。