雅思词汇解析（182）| 社交

       本周我们学习和社交相关的词汇

　　1. ghost/ɡəʊst/

　　v.突然停止回复某人的消息、电话，毫无解释地“人间蒸发”

　　e.g. I don’t understand why she suddenly stopped replying and ghosted me.

　　e.g. He ghosted me after our first date.

　　e.g.Getting ghosted can feel really frustrating.

　　类似表达：leave someone on read 已读不回

　　e.g. She saw my message but left me on read.

　　2. hangover /ˈsəʊʃəl/

　　搭配：social hangover 社交之后感到情绪耗尽的一种状态

　　e.g.Sometimes I need a day alone to recover from a social hangover.

　　e.g.After attending three social events in one weekend, I had a serious social hangover.

　　搭配: recharge one’s social battery通过独处、休息来恢复社交精力

　　e.g. I need some alone time to recharge my social battery.

　　e.g. After a long week of socializing, my social battery is completely drained.

　　补充：battery is drained 精力耗尽

　　3. dry /draɪ/

　　adj.冷淡的;淡然的;不动感情的

　　搭配：dry reply 冷淡的;敷衍的(没有什么内容的)回复

　　dry conversation 尬聊

　　e.g. His replies were so dry that I stopped texting him.

　　e.g. Some people give dry replies because they’re busy or socially drained, while others simply aren’t interested in continuing the conversation.

　　e.g. I hate dry conversations because they make me feel awkward.

　　补充：socially drained adj. 社交后精疲力竭的

　　其他补充：dry conversation 冷幽默

　　e.g. British people are famous for their dry humor.

　　e.g. I enjoy dry humor because it sounds intelligent.

　　4. blow up

　　搭配：blow up someone’s phone 给某人疯狂发消息 / 连环轰炸电话消息

　　e.g. My friends blew up my phone after the exam results came out.

　　e.g. Nowadays, group chats can easily blow up people’s phones with endless notifications, which many people  distracting.

　　补充：notification n.通知

　　类似搭配：double text 连发消息

　　e.g.I did not want to seem desperate, so I avoided double texting.

　　e.g.Nowadays, some people hesitate to double text because they worry about appearing too eager or emotionally dependent.

　　补充：eager/ desperate 都表示过于主动积极，太想得到回应。