dalliance

noun

1. 嬉戏；戏弄
   the behaviour of sb who is dallying with sb/sth
   1. It turned out to be his last dalliance with the education system.
      这一次竟成了他对教育体制最后的嘲弄。
2. 调情；调戏
   a sexual relationship that is not serious

1. N-VAR （短暂的）情事;露水情缘
   If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
   1. ...my dalliance with a certain footballer.
      我与某个足球运动员的露水情缘
   2. ...sexual dalliances.
      几段露水情缘
2. N-COUNT 短暂参与;短暂接触
   Someone's dalliance with something is a brief involvement with it.
   1. ...my brief dalliance with higher education.
      我短暂的高等教育经历

1. After a brief dalliance with the Cooking Channel, Huang started the Vice show, which at the time was called Fresh Off the Boat.
   在跟美食频道的短暂合作后，黄开始在Vice主持他的节目。
2. Easy and pleasant as their life at Paris was, it was after all only an idle dalliance and amiable trifling.
   尽管他们在巴黎过着简单又惬意的生活，但那毕竟只是闲散的闲混和和蔼可亲的琐事。
3. There seemed to be a lot of dalliance going on at the office party.
   公司的聚会上仿佛有许多眉来眼去的调情。
4. He admitted that he had had a brief dalliance with a work colleague.
   他承认自己和一个同事有段时间的暖昧关系。
5. Now she has the opportunity to exact her revenge: I am continuing the dalliance at a conference abroad, but my wife says she plans to bring some girlfriends to holiday in the same place.
   现在她有机会报复了：我目前在国外开会，并且和情人在一起，但我妻子说她打算带一些女友到同一地点来度假。
6. It was a beautiful summer is a season of flowers blooming, I know her, this is a green boat among the romantic dalliance.
   那是一个美丽的夏天，是一个荷花盛开的时节，我认识她，就是在这绿荷轻舟徜徉的浪漫之中。

noun

1. playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

   Synonym:    flirtflirtingflirtationcoquetrytoying

2. the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

   Synonym:    dawdlingtrifling