Word
heartbreakers
负心人；令人心碎的人
heartbreakers is the plural of heartbreaker.
a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships
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n. a charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships；n. a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute
令人伤悲的人[事物]；[戏谑语](女人的)一绺卷发; 权志龙solo专辑名
惜败；最后时刻的失利；令人伤悲的人[事物]; [戏谑语](女人的)一绺卷发; 权志龙solo专辑名
In use
He's a real heartbreaker; he dates three women at once and never commits.
Everyone in the office knew Tom was a heartbreaker, so no one was surprised when he made his girlfriend cry.
I should have listened to my sister's warning that he is a heartbreaker, because now I'm the one crying alone.
be a heartbreaker
多指感情中迷人但不可靠的人，常带戏谑或无奈的语气。
He was a heartbreaker in college, dating someone new every month.
他在大学时是个负心人，每个月都换新女友。
lose a heartbreaker
多用于体育或比赛语境，指最后时刻惨遭逆转的惜败。
They lost a heartbreaker in the final minute.
他们在最后一分钟惜败。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- a real heartbreaker
- 一个十足的负心人；真正让人心碎的人
- He's charming but a real heartbreaker—he never calls back.他很有魅力，但真是个负心人——从不回电话。
- a bit of a heartbreaker
- 有点儿让人心碎的人
- She's a bit of a heartbreaker, but we love her.她有点儿让人心碎，但我们还是爱她。
- a last-minute heartbreaker
- 最后时刻的惜败
- It was a last-minute heartbreaker for the visiting team.对客队来说，这是一场最后时刻的惜败。
- a heartbreaker of a loss
- 一场令人心碎的失利
- Game 7 was a heartbreaker of a loss for the home team.第7场比赛对主队来说是一场令人心碎的失利。
- suffer a heartbreaker
- 遭遇令人心碎的失利
- They suffered a heartbreaker when the last-second shot missed.最后一秒的投篮偏出，他们遭遇了一场令人心碎的失利。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Heart（心）＋ breaker（打碎者）→ 打碎别人的心的人＝负心人；也指让人心碎的惜败。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：romantic relationships and gossip、sports commentary and headlines heartbreaker 通常用于非正式场合，比较口语化。指‘令人心碎的人’时，多出现在恋爱、八卦或文艺作品里；指‘惜败／最后时刻的失利’时，多见于体育新闻和赛事评论。正式写作中一般不这样用，可改用更正式的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -breaker 结尾，读音均含 /breɪkə/，与 heartbreaker 的后半部分相同；注意 heart 中的 ear 读 /ɑː/，不要按 hear /hɪə/ 来读。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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