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先来看看今天有关单词date的视频内容。

视频例句1：-If you want me to help you with your midterms, come by my lab. I'll text you the address. -Yes, yes, that would be great. Tomorrow? -It's a date. No, no, no. It's not a date! No, no, no. It's a date like an appointment. No. A date like an appointment!

视频例句2：You brought a date?

视频例句3：I have a date with Edward Cullen.

视频例句4：Did you really think that one botched date was gonna make me hate you forever?

视频例句5：I'm so sick of dating.

视频例句6：Are you asking me out on a date?

视频例句7：Actually, I'm Kara's date.

视频例句8：Looking for a date?

视频例句9：I was running ridiculously late for a date and my sister showed up with Mary.

date最为人熟知的意思是“日期、日子”，比如date of birth出生日期，What is your date of birth?你生日是哪天？比如What's the date (today)?/What date is it?/What's today's date?今天是几号？Today's date is May 7.今天是5月7号。

date作名词，在日常口语中，除了“日期”，被使用频率最高的意思要数“约会”了。date作“约会”时，几乎都是指异性之间的约会。

❶ A junior school student is not gonna tell parents he or her has a date with his or her deskmate, but an elementary school student will do.初中生不会告诉父母自己在和同桌约会，但是小学生却会。(have a date with sb，和某人约会、和某人谈恋爱)

❷ He asked her out on a date.他把她约了出去。(ask sb out on a date，约某人、(以情侣约会的性质)邀约某人)

电影视频例句3(I have a date with Edward Cullen.我在和Edward Cullen谈恋爱)、视频例句4(Did you really think that one botched date was gonna make me hate you forever?你真的以为一次搞砸的约会就会让我讨厌你一辈子吗？)视频例句6(Are you asking me out on a date?你是在约我吗？)、视频例句9( I was running ridiculously late for a date and my sister showed up with Mary.我有个约会快要迟到了，然后我姐姐就带着Mary出现了。)中date的意思，都是“约会”。

在视频例句1中出现的句子It's a date，乍一看会让人以为这是在说“这是个约会”，但是It's a date除了这个字面直译含义，还有一个非正式用法，用来表示会面时间很合适、没问题、就这么定了。❸ -I can't make it at seven o'clock. How about 9.30?我7点不行，9点半怎么样？-Sure, it's a date.当然可以，没问题/很好/就这么定了。知道了It's a date的非正式用法，我们再来看视频1中男、女主角的反应，也就不难理解男主角这“莫名其妙”的尴尬了(原视频翻译没有把一语双关翻译出来，所以显得男主角的突然尴尬有点莫名其妙)：男孩主动表示可以给女孩辅导功课，女孩说：Tomorrow？那就明天？男孩很自然地回应：It's a date.这时间合适/没问题/就这么定了。但他又立马想到It's a date也可以表示“这是约会”，怕心仪的女孩误会自己嘴上占她便宜，于是连忙解释：It's not a date.这不是约会。然而他又又想到：It's not a date也可以表示“这时间不合适”呀，万一女孩以为自己明天不想见她怎么办？所以无奈的他，最后甚至给自己嘴里说的date下了个定义：It's a date like an appointment.这是约会，但这是像普普通通约见面的那种约会……blind date，(由他人安排的)陌生男女间的约会、相亲。❹ My mum was busy arranging for me to go on blind dates while I was busy working hard at the age of 27.我27岁忙着努力打拼，而我妈却忙着给我相亲。❺ Have you ever been on a blind date? The answer of an overage unmarried youth hardly goes “no”.你相过亲吗？大龄未婚青年的答案鲜少会是“没有”。在美式英语中，名词date还可以表示“约会对象”。视频例句2(You brought a date?你带了个约会对象来？)、视频例句7(I'm Kara's date.我是Kara的约会对象。)和视频例句8(Looking for a date?在找约会的伴吗？)中date的意思，都是“约会对象”。而视频例句5，I'm so sick of dating.我厌倦了约会。这里的“date”是动词，表示“约会、谈恋爱”，这种用法主要出现于美式英语之中。date作动词，及物、不及物皆可，用作及物性动词时，直接在date后面加约会的对象即可。❻ I wanted to date you, but I didn't have the guts to ask you out on a date.我想约你，但却没有开口的勇气。❼ They dated for ten years before they got married. However, they got a divorce soon.他们爱情长跑了10年才结婚，然而没多久就离了。今天的口语就分享到这里，如果你喜欢这篇文章，请分享给身边有需要的朋友哦，谢谢

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