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romance about sth
表示幻想或虚构时，romance常与about连用。
He spent hours romancing about a life of adventure.
他花了好几个小时幻想一种冒险生活。
调情；卖弄风情
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调情；卖弄风情
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
He spent hours romancing about a life of adventure.
他花了好几个小时幻想一种冒险生活。
调情,并无诚意
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
与...恋爱
have a love affair with
说浪漫或夸张的谎话
tell romantic or exaggerated lies
romance
Base
原形
romances
3rd person
第三人称单数
romancing
-ing
现在分词
romanced
Past
过去式
romanced
Past participle
过去分词
He romances her every day.
他每天都向她求爱。
He romanced her last night.
他昨晚向她求爱了。
He is romancing her now.
他现在正在向她求爱。
这是一个规则动词，意为'追求'或'向…求爱'。
He is romancing his coworker with expensive gifts.
他正用贵重礼物追求他的同事。
She often romances about living in a castle.
她常幻想住在城堡里。
They romanced for months before getting engaged.
他们恋爱了几个月后才订婚。
表示幻想或虚构时，romance常与about连用。
He spent hours romancing about a life of adventure.
他花了好几个小时幻想一种冒险生活。
指对某事物进行浪漫化或夸张描述。
The author romanced over the details of the battle.
作者对战场的细节进行了夸张描写。
Not this
He romanced her all night.
Use this
He was romancing all night.
作为不及物动词，romance 不能直接跟宾语。'romance her' 是及物动词用法（意为求爱），但此处 intended 的意思是虚构故事。应改为不及物用法。
Not this
He romanced a fantastic tale.
Use this
He romanced about a fantastic tale.
romance 表示虚构时是不及物动词，需加介词 about 才能接内容。
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用花言巧语讨好选民
Some politicians romance the voters and then forget all their promises.
有些政客用花言巧语讨好选民，之后就把自己的承诺忘得一干二净。
讨好客户，取得客户好感
The sales team spent the whole week romancing a major client.
销售团队整整一周都在讨好一个大客户。
与同事恋爱
She did not want to admit she was romancing a colleague.
她不想承认自己和一名同事恋爱。
以谈情说爱为手段诱使某人做某事
He romanced her into staying for another month.
他跟她谈情说爱，哄得她多留了一个月。
闪电式恋爱；旋风式恋情
They met in Paris and had a whirlwind romance before getting married.
他们在巴黎相遇，经过一段闪电式恋爱后结婚了。
浪漫已死（指浪漫爱情已不复存在）
Some people say romance is dead, but he still brings her flowers every week.
有人说浪漫已死，但他仍然每周给她送花。
爱意弥漫；浪漫氛围正浓
With candles and soft music, romance was in the air.
在烛光和轻柔音乐中，浪漫氛围弥漫开来。
《绿宝石》
The title of the 1984 adventure-comedy film starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner; it uses the -ing form of the verb 'romance' (to woo or charm) as a playful pun.
这是1984年由迈克尔·道格拉斯和凯瑟琳·特纳主演的冒险喜剧片片名，片名使用了动词 romance 的现在分词形式（意为“追求、讨好”），构成双关。
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把 romance 动词记成“浪漫一下”：嘴上调情、编浪漫谎话，心里并不当真。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal prose or literary narration、informal conversation 作动词时，romance 的语域因义项而异：表示“与…恋爱/向…求爱”多用于较正式或文学性叙述；表示“编造浪漫或夸张的话”则多见于非正式口语。请根据具体使用场合选择。
作为不及物动词，意为编造浪漫故事或幻想，常与about连用。
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