搭配 “grow apart” 形容 “人之间的感情慢慢变淡，从而渐渐疏远”。它多用在谈论亲友、爱人之间由于失去了共同的兴趣或话题而渐渐产生了隔阂，而不一定是由于发生争论或感情出现问题而造成的关系疏远。

 

例句

After secondary¹ school, my friends and I grew apart. I started work and they went to university, so we had less in common than we used to.

高中毕业以后，我和朋友们渐渐疏远了。我开始工作，他们上了大学，所以共同语言比以前少了。

 

After ten years of marriage, they split² up – they had been growing apart for years.

结婚十年后，俩人分开了。他们多年来感情逐渐疏远。

 

Despite being deeply in love when they first met, Lucy and Matthew had started to grow apart – they had very different interests and spent time with different people.

尽管两人刚认识的时候爱得如胶似漆，但露西和马修的关系还是渐渐地疏远了。他们的兴趣非常不同，而且接触的人也不一样。

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