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单词 Dear John letter
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Definition of Dear John letter in English:

Dear John letter

(also Dear John)
noundɪə ˈdʒɒn lɛtədɪəˈdʒɒnletə(r)
informal
  • A letter from a woman to a man, ending a romantic or sexual relationship.

    a young officer gets his Dear John letter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I told her ‘You sent me a Dear John letter in 1949’.
    • My girlfriend of four years had sent me a "Dear John" letter, saying she had waited too long for me to return and found someone else.
    • You might think it's easier this way but have you though about how many suicides are caused in direct response to a receiving a Dear John Letter?
    • Soldiers mourn their friends, and bemoan Dear John letters.
    • There isn't a love note, Dear John letter or other outpouring of amorous intention that I haven't seen or perpetrated by now.
 
 

Definition of Dear John letter in US English:

Dear John letter

(also Dear John)
noundɪəˈdʒɒnletə(r)
informal
  • A letter from a woman to a man, especially a serviceman, terminating a personal relationship.

    a young officer gets his Dear John letter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My girlfriend of four years had sent me a "Dear John" letter, saying she had waited too long for me to return and found someone else.
    • I told her ‘You sent me a Dear John letter in 1949’.
    • You might think it's easier this way but have you though about how many suicides are caused in direct response to a receiving a Dear John Letter?
    • There isn't a love note, Dear John letter or other outpouring of amorous intention that I haven't seen or perpetrated by now.
    • Soldiers mourn their friends, and bemoan Dear John letters.
 
 
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