pair off

英 [peə(r) ɒf]

美 [per ɔːf]

（使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-RECIP-ERG （使）成对儿，（使）成双（常指成为恋人）
  When peoplepair offorare paired off, they form a pair, often in order to become girlfriend and boyfriend.
  1. I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone...
     我知道她忍不住要将我和某人撮合到一块儿。
  2. The squad members paired off to find places to eat and sleep.
     小组成员结对儿找地方吃饭睡觉。

英英释义

verb

• form a pair or pairs
  1. The two old friends paired off
  Synonym:pairpartner offcouple

双语例句

• Color not same, not in pair, cementing come off., shank too loose, loose thread, vamp broken down, wrapping not even.
  颜色不同，不对双，脱胶，铁心太松，脱线，鞋面不实及攀鞋不均匀。
• When each of them has a pair of jeans, they are off like birds on the wing.
  当他们都有了一条牛仔裤的时候，他们就像飞着的鸟一样跑远了。
• But at weekends we would pair off.
  但是在周末我们可能成双成对的出去。
• You shouldn't pair off because you need someone else's company, but because you enjoy it.
  结成情侣不应该是因为有人需要陪伴，而是双方可以享受这样的关系。
• They found that if isolated from the opposite sex, same sex birds will pair off with each other.
  他们发现，在与异性隔离的情况之下，同性的鸟类将会与彼此结成伴侣。
• I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone
  我知道她忍不住要将我和某人撮合到一块儿。
• Whether those others were parents, priests, friends or bureaucrats, their motive was largely the same: they thought they knew what it took to pair people off better than those people knew themselves.
  不论这些局外人是父母、牧师、朋友还是官僚，其动机大都一致：他们认为自己比当事人更清楚谁该和谁谈恋爱。
• An annual freshman icebreaker called "Dickerella," in which women and men pair off for trips to a local burger Joint named Dick's, has become a farce.
  一年一度使新生气氛活跃的活动叫“迪克莱拉”，在活动中男女生配成对一起到当地一个汉堡包快餐店去就餐，这项活动已经成了滑稽的事。
• We tried to pair Mary and Robert off.
  我们曾设法使玛丽和罗伯特结为一对。
• He's always trying to pair me off with his cousin.
  他总想把我和他表弟配成一对。