單詞解析

quarrel

爭吵；口角

quarrel with sb about/over sth

和某人爭吵關于某事

I quarrelled with my wife about money.

我和我妻子為了錢吵了起來。

patch up

平息（爭吵）；修補（關系）

She has gone holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage.

她跟她丈夫度假去了，以補救他們的婚姻。

經典對話

A: You look so upset. What's wrong with you?

你看起來很沮喪，怎么啦？

B: I quarreled with my wife yesterday, so she has run away from home for about an hour. I immediately regretted. I really want to make peace and patch up our quarrel. I didn't figure out how to do it.

昨天我和妻子吵架了，所以她已經離家出走大約十個小時了。我立刻就后悔了，我真的想言歸于好，結束我們之間的爭吵。我不知道該怎么辦。

A: Listen to me. Firstly of all, you should keep looking for her until you find her.

聽我說，你應該一直找，直到找到她。

B: But I don't know where she is. I didn't find her in our house and her mother's house.

我不知道她在哪里，我在家里和她媽媽家里都沒有找到她。

A: You might go to her friend's house.

你可以去她朋友家找她。

B: I'll give a try.

我會試一試。

A: Secondly. You should think carefully about what is the key point of contention. And whose fault is it?

其次，你還需要考慮清楚你們的爭論的焦點是什么，到底是誰的錯？

contention表示“爭論”

A: I understand. I don't know if she can give me another chance.

我明白了，我不知道她是否還能再給我一次機會。

B: Don't think too much. The most important thing for you is to find her first. I will help you.

別想太多，對你來說最重要的還是先找到她，我會幫你的。