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

• Lo and behold, there was something thematterwith the great clock; and a workman on a pair of steps had taken its face off, and was poking instruments into the works by the light of a candle!
  哎哟，你看，大钟出了点什么事，一位站在梯子上的工人已把钟面卸下，现在正借着一支烛光，把工具戳进机械中去！
• Today, we just need a good pair of running shoes and off we go.
  今天，我们只是需要一双好点的跑步鞋然后就可以出发了。
• They equipped themselves with a pair of sharp axes and set off for the forest.
  他们带上两把锋利的斧子便朝森林走去。
• I suppose Mr Lin will pair off with Miss Wang in the end.
  我料想到头来林先生总会和王小姐结成夫妇。
• With a preoccupied countenance, and with tears in her eyes, she got a pair of scissors, and began mercilessly cutting off the long locks of her hair.
  她两眼含着泪水，带着出神的表情拿起了一把剪刀，无动于衷地开始剪掉她那长长的发辫。
• 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。
• And psychologists say ambitious younger women are also becoming less likely to pair off with someone significantly older than them.
  同时，事业上春风得意的年轻女子也开始不愿意找年长许多的男人。
• These rare love birds pair off wing to wing and sing joyously.
  这些稀有的情鸟往往是并翅成双成对地边飞边引吭歌唱。
• 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。
• 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。