Situational intimacy¹ refers to intimate feelings that are generated by proximity² or a shared situation instead of love or some other deep connection. It can be the intimacy that springs up at work, at a concert, lecture or ball game, or watching a national story unfold on television.

 

情境式亲密（situational intimacy）指因彼此临近或同处于一个环境而引发的亲密感，与爱或其它深层次联系无关。这种亲密感可能产生在工作中、一次音乐会上、一场讲座或球类比赛中，也可能产生在通过电视观看某一个全国性事件发生时。

 

For example:

 

It is only situational intimacy between me and that girl, we both are the victims of an online fraud. Once the case is solved, we will be strangers again, I’m sure.

 

我和那个女孩之间只是情境式亲密而已，我们俩都是一起网上诈骗案的受害者。那案子一了结，我们立马就又成陌生人了。我保证。