A：John hasn't got married up to now.
約翰迄今為止還未結(jié)婚了。
B：Don't you know that he has been carrying a torch for Mary for years?
難道你不知道他這么多年來一直單戀著瑪麗嗎?
A：Really? Does Mary know that?
真的嗎?瑪麗知道了嗎?
B：Of course not.
當(dāng)然不知道。
A：How silly John is.
約翰太傻了。
注釋:
torch愿意為“火把”，for是“為......而奮斗”，carry a torch for somebody即為某人而奮斗，亦即“愛上某人”，和漢語中的“單相思”意思相近。