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matchmaker

英 [ˈmætʃmeɪkə(r)]

美 [ˈmætʃmeɪkər]

n.  媒人; 牵线搭桥的人; 红娘

复数:matchmakers 

BNC.34621 / COCA.21603

同义词辨析

matchmakerbrokergo-betweenmediator【导航词义:中间人】

matchmakern. 媒人,红娘
〔辨析〕
指为男女婚恋牵线搭桥的人。
〔例证〕
Did a matchmaker play an important role in their marriage?
媒人在他们的婚姻中扮演了重要角色吗?
Emma believes she is an expert matchmaker.
埃玛认为自己是个很在行的红娘。
brokern. 经纪人,代理人
〔辨析〕
指证券外汇经纪人或为他人安排各种交易的代理人。
〔例证〕
He is looking for a real estate broker.
他正在寻找房地产经纪人。
go-betweenn. 中间人,传话人
〔辨析〕
指为无法见面或不愿见面的双方传递信息的人。
〔例证〕
Who could serve as a go-between for the two delegations?
谁可以在这两个代表团之间斡旋呢?
I asked my boss to act as a go-between.
我请我的老板当中间人。
mediatorn. 调停者,调解人
〔辨析〕
指为发生争执的双方进行调解的人或机构。
〔例证〕
She acts as a mediator when we have a quarrel.
我们吵架时,她充当调解人。
The government was ready to play the role of a mediator between the U.S. delegation and its Russian counterpart.
该政府已准备好在美俄代表团之间充当调停者。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 媒人;牵线搭桥的人;红娘
      a person who tries to arrange marriages or relationships between others

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT 媒人;介绍人;月老
        Amatchmakeris someone who tries to encourage people they know to form a romantic relationship or to get married.
        1. The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries...
          数世纪以来,媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。
        2. Some friends played matchmaker and had us both over to dinner.
          一些朋友牵线搭桥,把我们两个都请去赴宴。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Susie loves to play matchmaker. She's always introducing her single friends to each other.
        苏西爱牵红线,她经常介绍她的单身朋友互相认识。
      • The matchmaker has been an important member of Jewish communities for centuries
        数世纪以来,媒人一直在犹太人社区扮演着重要角色。
      • Finding the one Rich parents are increasingly playing matchmaker for their offspring, with varying success.
        越来越多的有钱父母为子女充当媒人角色,而其成效不一。
      • Yoko itamoto, a matchmaker who conducts state-funded field research on marriage, says husbands and wives often grow so distant that sex seems embarrassingly personal.
        利用国家资金对婚姻进行实地研究的媒人板本洋子(yokoitamoto)表示,丈夫和妻子往往变得如此疏远,性似乎成了令人尴尬的私事。
      • Mitelman's a kind of financial matchmaker.
        米特尔曼是一种财务媒人。
      • If your friends have been promising to play matchmaker, ask them to do so now.
        如果你的朋友一直许诺要给你牵线搭桥,让他们现在就去吧!
      • She is the village gossip and matchmaker.
        她是村子里的长舌妇和媒婆。
      • We want assurances that this is the end of the UK playing the dirty role of matchmaker between trader and torturer.
        我们希望英国保证自己不再扮演贸易商与刑讯者之间撮合者的肮脏角色。
      • Your friend said you were sort of a matchmaker.
        你朋友说你是个媒人。
      • Why was Mulan nervous when she was going to meet the matchmaker?
        为什么木兰去见媒婆时感到紧张?