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“单身”如何表达？

如果想用英语形容某人是“单身”，我们该用哪个单词？看看下面的小对话，你就知道英语中地道的用法是如何形容“单身”的了。
Mary:  How would you describe Lesley?

Lily:  Well, she's in her thirties, she smokes and drinks too much and she's single.

Mary:  Yep, she's single. And the word she uses to describe herself is a singleton.

Lily:  Singleton.

Mary:  That's right, singleton.

Lily:  So, does it just mean a person who is single?

Mary:  It does. A singleton is a person who doesn't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, husband or wife.

因此，a singleton 就是一个既没有伴侣也没有配偶的单身。该单词是个俚语，属于非正式用语，不过使用这个词描述某人并无半点不礼貌之意。