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- mass noun a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love（与爱情相联系的）浪漫性; 神秘感受; 浪漫气氛; 传奇气氛：
I had a thirst for romance.
我渴望感受浪漫的气氛。
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- love, especially when sentimental or idealized（尤指充满柔情或理想化的）爱情：
he asked her for a date and romance blossomed.
他请她赴约, 于是爱情之花开放了。
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- count noun an exciting, enjoyable love affair, especially one that is not very serious or long-lasting（尤指不是非常认真或长久的）恋爱关系; 风流韵事, 浪漫事迹：
a holiday romance.
假日里的一桩风流韵事。
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- count noun a book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way浪漫读物（或电影）：
light historical romances.
轻松的历史题材浪漫影片。
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- a genre of fiction dealing with love in such a way浪漫小说：
wartime passion from the master of romance.
从浪漫小说大师那里感染到的一种战时的激越感情。
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- mass noun a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life（源于日常生活的）传奇性; 浪漫性; 浪漫精神; 传奇气氛; 浪漫气氛：
the beauty and romance of the night.
夜晚的美妙与浪漫。
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- count noun a work of fiction dealing with events remote from real life远离真实生活的故事, 浪漫小说, 传奇故事。
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- a medieval tale dealing with a hero of chivalry, of the kind common in the Romance languages中世纪传奇故事, 骑士故事：
the Arthurian romances.
关于亚瑟王的传奇故事。
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- mass noun the literary genre of such works浪漫文学; 传奇文学。
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- Music a short informal piece【乐】浪漫曲。
with obj.
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- dated court; woo〈旧〉向…求爱（或求婚）; 与…谈恋爱：
the wealthy estate owner romanced her.
富有的庄园主向她求婚。
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- informal seek the attention or custom of (someone), especially by use of flattery〈非正式〉（尤指通过阿谀）求得…的好感; 讨好, 奉承：
he is being romanced by the big boys in New York.
在纽约他受到大亨的奉承。
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- no obj. engage in a love affair谈恋爱：
we start romancing.
我们开始谈恋爱。
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- another term for ROMANTICIZE.
to a certain degree I am romancing the past.
我在一定程度上把过去浪漫化了。
词源
Middle English: from ROMANCE, originally denoting a composition in the vernacular as opposed to works in Latin. Early use denoted vernacular verse on the theme of chivalry; the sense 'genre centred on romantic love' dates from the mid 17th cent.