摘要：They met at a party and it was love at first sight.（他们在一次聚会上相遇，一见钟情。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

love at first sight与汉语的“一见钟情”对应，如

【例句1】It was love at first sight (= we fell in love the first time we saw each other). (这是一见钟情。 )[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2】Do you believe in love at first sight?(你相信一见钟情吗？)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句3】They met at a party and it was love at first sight.（他们在一次聚会上相遇，一见钟情。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句4】My baby daughter has taught me the meaning of love at first sight. (我的小女儿教会了我一见钟情的意义。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句5】It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later.（这是一见钟情，六周后他向我求婚。） [柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句6】For Marion and Ron it was love at first sight. (对马里昂和罗恩来说，这是一见钟情。)[朗文当代英语词典·搭配]

注意first前没有定件词the。一方面这是习惯，另一方面，“一见”也非严格比较的“第一眼、第二眼”，不是严谨的排序。

此外，根据《牛津英语词典》的记录，at first最早的使用实例出现在14世纪末的中古英语文献，口语使用当然会更早。定件词the在中古英语时期普遍使用，但at first可能已经固化了。

如果强调确确实实的第一眼，那么还是at the first sight，如

【例句7】He fainted at the first sight of blood. (他一看到血就晕倒了。)

对“事和物”也可以“一见倾心”，如

【例句8】I thought the island was nice when I arrived, but it wasn't exactlylove at first sight. （当我到达时，我觉得这个岛很漂亮，但这并非一见钟情。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句9】We fell in love with the house at first sight. (我们第一眼就爱上了这所房子。)[牛津高级学者辞典]

sight也可以换成其它动作名词

【例句10】When I tasted this chocolate it was love at first bite.（当我尝到这种巧克力时，第一口就爱上了它。） [剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句11】She started playing football when she was six. It was love at first kick. （她六岁开始踢足球。一踢就喜欢上可。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句12】At first glance, the exam paper looked fairly difficult, but once I got started I found it quite easy. (乍一看，试卷看起来相当难，但一旦我开始，我发现它很容易。)

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