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词汇 familiar
释义 familiar
adjective
uk /fəˈmɪl.i.ər/ us /fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/

familiaradjective (EASY TO RECOGNIZE)


B1
easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, etc. before: 熟悉的;常见的;常听说
familiar faceThere were one or two familiar faces (= people I knew).那里有一两张熟悉的面孔。
strangely familiarThe house looked strangely familiar, though she knew she'd never been there before.尽管她知道自己以前从未到过那里,那座房子看上去却有一种奇怪的熟悉感。
familiar toThe street was familiar to me.这条街我很熟悉。
 be familiar with something/someone
B2
to know something or someone well: 对…熟悉
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with your poetry.对不起,我对您的诗歌不甚了解。
Her name is familiar, but I can't quite call to mind where I've heard it.
I saw a few familiar faces among the crowd.我在人群中看见了几张熟悉的面孔。
He was a familiar figure on the lecture circuit.他是巡回讲学中的座上常客。
She looks familiar but I can't place her - did she use to work here?她看上去面熟,但我记不起来了——她过去在这工作过吗?
When the conversation turns to politics he's on familiar ground.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Plain and ordinary
as it comesidiom
austere
austerely
austerity
average Joe
homespun
homey
humble
humdrum
middle-of-the-road
something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
sparely
spartan
stale
starkly
unornamented
unostentatious
unostentatiously
unpainted
unremarkable

familiaradjective (FRIENDLY)


informal and friendly, sometimes in a way that does not show respect to someone who is not a family member or close friend: 随便的;亲近的
He patted her back in an overly familiar way.他拍了拍她的背,显得有些过分亲昵。
familiar withHe doesn't like to be too familiar with his staff.他不愿意跟员工过分亲近。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Manners & levels of formality
button-down
buttoned-up
casualization
ceremonious
ceremoniously
genteel
genteelly
genteelness
gentility
grace
non-formal
non-U
not the done thingidiom
over-familiar
propriety
solemnity
unstuffy
valediction
valedictory
without ceremony

Related word


familiarly

Idiom


be on familiar terms
familiar
noun[ C ]
 old useuk /fəˈmɪl.i.ər/ us /fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
a close friend, or a spirit in the shape of a cat, bird, or other animal that is the close companion of a witch知交;(以猫、鸟等形象出现,与女巫为伴的)妖精
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquainted
acquainted with someone
amigo
compatriot
confidant
contact list
contemporary
crony
crowd
fair-weather friend
mutual friend
next door
non-contemporary
office spouse
on further acquaintance
what are friends for?idiom
wingman
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

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familiar | American Dictionary


familiar
adjective
us/fəˈmɪl·jər/

familiaradjective (KNOWN)


easy to recognize because previously experienced:
familiar sights
a familiar face
I’m not familiar with current research in the field.

familiaradjective (INFORMAL)


informal or friendly, esp. more than is expected:
Her familiar tone makes her writing more effective.

Examples of familiar


familiar
The old familiars were all there.
From the
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Subsequently, we will explore whether familiar predictors of tolerance exert similar or dissimilar effects on generic and discriminatory perceptions.
In consequence, the word's familiar usage has grown slippery.
The repetition of familiar lexical items is assumed to differ from that of nonwords at two points.
Acoustic analysis showed that there were no significant differences in loudness, pitch, or duration between familiar and rare words in any of the recorded lists.
In light of word-recognition speed, significant training effects were found in both familiar and unfamiliar words.
Improvement in word-recognition speed with familiar words was not associated with that in word-recognition efficiency, that is, automatization.
The words to be learned were three familiar fruit names: ping-guo (apple), li-zi (pear), and liu-ding (orange).
They also dispense with familiar top-down phrase-structure rules.
The latter two ground rules look very familiar to an appraisal theorist such as myself!
Home is familiar ; it is the locus of control.
The pattern so far is familiar to that found in most post-industrial countries.
Themes and influences are lucidly discussed, although the book assumes that readers have read the plays and are familiar with the outlines of their content.
In many ways, they were utterly familiar, not necessarily in the acting conservatories of the time, but in the broader social environment.
The opening chapter takes up the distinction, familiar to historians of medieval chant, between musica and cantus.
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