homewrecker
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈhəʊm.rek.ər/us/ˈhoʊm.rek.ɚ/someone who isresponsibleforbreakingup amarriageorrelationship:
破坏别人家庭(或恋爱关系)的人Hedeniedhe was a homewrecker,despitehisflingwith Sarah beingblamedfor thecollapseof hermarriage.他否认自己是一个破坏别人家庭的人,尽管他与萨拉的风流韵事被指责是导致她婚姻破裂的原因。
Herreputationas apotentialhomewreckerseemsludicrouslymisplaced.她可能破坏别人家庭的名声似乎大错特错了。
- I don'twantto beseenas a homewrecker - but I don'twantto give up on apotentialsoulmateeither.
- I am reallyupsetabout it because I am beingportrayedas a homewrecker, when itsimplyisn'ttrue.
- By now you'veprobablygot me down as somehard-heartedhomewrecker, but mybehaviourshocksme as much as anyoneelse.