A：Shall we dine out tonight?
我们今晚一起出去吃饭好吗？
B：I'd love to, but I've cooked the meal already.
我很想去，可是我已经做饭了。
dine /da?n/ v. 吃饭，进餐
去吃饭 go for a meal
A：Where did you go after the movie last night?
昨天晚上看完电影后你们去哪儿了？
B：We went for a meal in a Chinese restaurant.
我们去了一家中餐馆吃饭。
叫某人出去吃饭 ask someone out for a meal
A：Why don't you ask him out for a meal with us?
你为什么不叫他出去和我们一起吃饭？
B：I don't like him. He always boasts.
我不喜欢他。他老吹牛。
■ boast /b??st/ 在这里的意思是“吹牛，吹嘘，自夸”。例如：He's always boasting about his children's success at school.（他总是夸耀他的孩子们学习成绩好。）boast的另一个意思是“有（引以为荣的事物）”。例如：The town boasts a world-famous art gallery.（这个镇子有个其引以为荣的世界闻名的美术馆。）