在偵探類影視劇中,主人公一般都會有一個合作默契的搭檔。兩人一唱一和,用眼神和手勢傳達著信息,行動的步伐也那么一致。有如此精準的配合,犯罪分子自然是逃不掉的。像這樣的搭檔,而且多為男女搭配的合作關(guān)系,我們可以稱之為work spouse。
A work spouse is a co-worker, usually of the opposite sex, with whom one shares a special relationship, having bonds similar to those of a marriage; such as, confidences, loyalties, shared experiences, and a degree of honesty or openness. The work spouse is a potentially key relationship when one's actual spouse or boy/girlfriend is not able to be there.
Work spouse(工作配偶)指與自己有親密合作關(guān)系的異性同事,兩人之間互有的信任、忠誠、共同的經(jīng)歷以及某種程度的坦誠等都與婚姻關(guān)系中的夫妻類似。在現(xiàn)實生活中的配偶或男/女朋友不能在身邊時,工作配偶就會成為主要的依靠對象。
The relationship is characterized by many sources as having the immediate intimacy of marriage without the sex or commitment, or platonic, close, opposite-sex couplings, with no romantic strings attached.
在很多介紹中,配偶關(guān)系被定義為:夫妻般的親密關(guān)系,但與性或者承諾無關(guān);或者沒有相戀關(guān)系的、柏拉圖式的親密異性伙伴。
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