N-VAR 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. 调情 [老式] [oft N 'with' n]
N-COUNT Someone's dalliance with something is a brief involvement with it. 短暂接触 [老式] [oft poss N, N 'with' n]
...my brief dalliance with higher education.
...我短暂的高等教育经历。
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。
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。
No, Mr Terry's real offence was, I am sure, to try to prevent his alleged dalliance being reported by the tabloids.
我可以肯定地说，特里真正错误在于试图阻止媒体小报们报道他的这遭出轨。
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