pair off

英 [peə(r) ɒf]

美 [per ɔːf]

（使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-RECIP-ERG （使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）
  When peoplepair offorare paired off, they form a pair, often in order to become girlfriend and boyfriend.
  1. I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone...
     我知道她忍不住要将我和某人撮合到一块儿。
  2. The squad members paired off to find places to eat and sleep.
     小组成员结对儿找地方吃饭睡觉。

英英释义

verb

• form a pair or pairs
  1. The two old friends paired off
  Synonym:pairpartner offcouple

双语例句

• And psychologists say ambitious younger women are also becoming less likely to pair off with someone significantly older than them.
  同时，事业上春风得意的年轻女子也开始不愿意找年长许多的男人。
• The pair called off their first wedding in Cyprus in2008 because Nicky's brother and sister did not want to take their babies abroad.
  2008年，因为妮奇的兄弟姐妹不愿意把自己的孩子带出国，这对准新人被迫取消了婚礼。
• They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.
  他们带上两把锋利的斧子便朝森林走去。
• With a preoccupied countenance, and with tears in her eyes, she got a pair of scissors, and began mercilessly cutting off the long locks of her hair.
  她两眼含着泪水，带着出神的表情拿起了一把剪刀，无动于衷地开始剪掉她那长长的发辫。
• Rangers and volunteers from Yosemite Search and Rescue were told that a pair of BASE jumpers were missing off Taft Point.
  巡护员们和从优胜美地搜救组织来的志愿者们被告知有两位定点跳伞者在塔夫点下失踪。
• Whether those others were parents, priests, friends or bureaucrats, their motive was largely the same: they thought they knew what it took to pair people off better than those people knew themselves.
  不论这些局外人是父母、牧师、朋友还是官僚，其动机大都一致：他们认为自己比当事人更清楚谁该和谁谈恋爱。
• He tried to pair me off with his sister.
  他极力想要我与他的妹妹拍拖。
• You shouldn't pair off because you need someone else's company, but because you enjoy it.
  结成情侣不应该是因为有人需要陪伴，而是双方可以享受这样的关系。
• The squad members paired off to find places to eat and sleep.
  小组成员结对儿找地方吃饭睡觉。
• A pair of reapers help fend off the attack.
  几个收割者辅助攻击这些小狗。