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

• He follows them to the corner of the building, then sees them accompanied by a larger pair of footprints heading off into the desert.
  他跟真它来到了房子的角上，之后看到了它跟着一个大脚印进入了沙漠。
• 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。
• All the tennis players had to pair off for a round of doubles matches.
  所有的乒乓球运动员都得组对打一轮双打。
• He's always trying to pair me off with his cousin.
  他总想把我和他表弟配成一对。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is the season when birds pair off.
  这是鸟类交配的季节。