“下馆子；去外面吃饭”的一个地道英语说法，dine的用法

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ˌdine 'out   下馆子；外出进餐   to eat dinner in a restaurant or sb else's home


dine / daɪn ; daɪn /
◙verb [I] [formal]
1. to eat dinner
• 进餐:
»He was dining with friends at the Ritz.
  他在利兹饭店和朋友一起进餐。
--› see wine and dine sb at WINE ²【PHR V】
◘dine on / off sth
• [formal] to eat a particular kind of food for dinner, especially expensive food
• 以〔尤指昂贵的食物〕当正餐:
»We dined on lobster and strawberries.
  我们正餐吃的是龙虾和草莓。
◘dine out
1. [formal] to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else's house
• 外出用餐〔指在餐馆或别人家吃饭〕;
--› eat out :
»They would dine out together once a month.
  他们每月一起出去吃顿饭。
2. dine out on sth, [BrE informal] to keep using a story about something that has happened to you, in order to entertain people at meals
• 〔吃饭时〕总用〔发生在自己身上的一件事〕来作笑谈


注解 wine and dine
1. wine and dine sb,  to entertain someone well with a meal, wine etc
• 宴请某人，以酒宴款待某人:
»Companies spend millions wining and dining clients.
  公司花费巨款宴请客户。

例句：
He also had a reputation as a ladies' man of the worst kind: he would wine and dine rich old women, particularly widows, and extract money from them by asking them to buy his horses, most of which cost considerably less than he sold them for.



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