a Dear John letter
基本解釋
- 斷情書
英漢例句
- He(President Bush) should call in his chief of staff and hand him a one- sentence letter: Dear John: Please quit.
他（布什總統(tǒng)）應(yīng)該把他的幕僚長叫進(jìn)來，遞給他一封只有一句話的信：親愛的約翰：辭職吧。老頭子。 - It was a"dear John"letter. The writer, in a delicate script, told the recipient, whose name was Michael, that her mother for-bade her to see him again.
信上稱呼對方為‘親愛的約翰’，寫信人字跡清秀，告訴一位叫邁克爾的收信人，說他媽媽不許她再和他見面。