What Lily did not know was that Paul had two children by his other woman. 莉莉不知道的是保罗和小三有了两个孩子。 A cheating man cannot leave his phone turned on when with you because his other woman may phone him. 出轨的男人和你在一起的时候,是不会让手机开机的,因为小三可能会给他打电话。 在美剧《生活大爆炸》中,Raj对相亲的女生表白时,就用到了这个表达: I can't believe a girl like you doesn't have a boyfriend. I have no morals and I'm desperately lonely. I'll be the other man.我不敢相信你这样的女生居然没有男友。我没道德底线,我寂寞到绝望的程度。我不介意做小三。 要表示“小三”,这个词也非常合适:
homewrecker /həʊmˈrekə(r)/
直译是“家庭破坏者”,我们来看两个例句:
I don't want to be seen as a homewrecker. 我可不想被人当做小三。 I am really upset about it because I am being treated as a homewrecker, when it simply isn't true. 我真的很难过,他们竟然把我当成小三了,而这根本不是真的。 要特指“情妇”的话,可以用这个词:mistress /ˈmɪstrəs/ 我们来看一个例句: I heard that Tracy was his mistress for three years. 我听说特蕾西给他做了三年的情妇。