脱粉“取关”就是 "unfollow"

在社交网络上，脱粉“取关”就是 "unfollow"

Alice has unfollowed Marc on Weibo, and Marc has returned the favor.

爱丽丝取关了马克的微博，马克反手也取关了她。

脱粉还可以是删除好友，英文表达是unfriend，牛津词典将unfriend定义为：

To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site such as Facebook.

在脸书等社交平台上，将某人从朋友列表里删除。

例句：

People are very loath to actually unfriend or stop following a person.

人们往往不太情愿删除或取关他人。

Block原本是“障碍”的意思，但是在网络社交软件上就代表“屏蔽，拉黑”。

Some fans believe that the couple has blocked each other, as all tags on their joint photos have also been removed.

一些粉丝认为这对夫妇已经拉黑彼此了，他俩共同照片上的话题标签已经删除了。

“圈粉”怎么说？

既然脱粉是unfollow、unfriend，那么圈粉可以说follow、friend。

另外从被粉的一方来说，圈粉可以表达为：gain/garner/attract fans。

Law professor’s quirky lectures garner a swathe of fans/gain legions of fans.

法学教授的奇怪网课圈粉无数。

更灵活的说法，比如一个人因为表现精彩绝伦而被观众喜欢可以说：steal the show。

柯林斯词典的解释是：

If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.

在表演或其他活动中，某人的表现出类拔萃，赢得了大量的关注和赞誉。

例句：It was Chinese women who stole the show on the first day of competition.

在比赛首日，中国女队的表现数一数二。