| 词汇 | friend |
| 释义 | friend noun[ C ] uk /frend/ us /frend/ friendnoun[C] (PERSON YOU LIKE)A1 a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family: 朋友，友人 best friendShe used to spend hours chatting on the phone to her best friend. close friend Mira is one of my closest friends.米拉是我的一位密友。 oldest friendShe's my oldest friend - we've known each other since we were five. family friendHe's a family friend/friend of the family.他是全家人的朋友。 friend ofThis restaurant was recommended to me by a friend of mine.这家餐馆是我的一个朋友给我推荐的。 We've been friends for years.我们已是多年的朋友了。 good friend ofJosé and Pilar are good friends of ours.何塞和皮拉尔是我们的（好）朋友。 good friends withWe're good friends with José and Pilar.我们和何塞、皮拉尔是（好）朋友。 friends withShe said that she did not want to be friends with me any more. just a good friendShe said that she and Peter were just good friends (= they were not having a sexual relationship).她说自己和彼得只是（好）朋友而已。 just a friendHe told his parents that Erin was just a friend. make a friendI've made a lot of friends in this job.我从事这项工作结交了很多朋友。 He finds it difficult to make friends.他发现交朋友很难。 Synonyms buddyinformal chum(FRIEND)old-fashionedinformal companion(PERSON) cronyinformaldisapproving mate(FRIEND)UKinformal muckerUKinformal palinformal Compare acquaintance See also befriend a person you know well and like friendWe've been friends for years. buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies. palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A. mateUKHe's out with his mates. someone who is not an enemy and who you can trust: 自己人;盟友 You don't have to pretend any more - you're among friends now.你不用再装了——现在大家都是自己人。 Is he a friend of yours ? Come and meet my friend Laura. Is it okay if I bring a friend to the party?我带一个朋友来参加聚会行吗？ I got a call from an old college friend last night.昨晚我接到了一位大学老友的电话。 He's not my boyfriend - we're just good friends!他不是我的男友——我们只是好朋友！ 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 friendnoun[C] (PERSON GIVING MONEY)someone who gives money to an arts organization or charity in order to support it: （剧院等艺术机构或慈善组织的）捐资者，赞助人 The Friends of the Royal Academy raised £10,000 towards the cost of the exhibition.皇家艺术学院之友为此次展览筹集了1万英镑。 Organizations - charities aid alms benevolence benevolent benevolent society button day charity charity begins at homeidiom charity box foreign aid foundation good cause goodwill non-profit non-profit-making not-for-profit Oxfam the Peace Corps the Red Crescent volunteer Idiomsa friend in need is a friend indeed have friends in high places what are friends for? with friends like you, who needs enemies? friend verb[ T ] informaluk /frend/ us /frend/ to invite someone to be your friend on a social networking website: 在社交媒体上邀请别人成为朋友 I friended her and sent her a message.我要求成为她的朋友并给她发了短信。 Inviting & summoning ask ask someone in ask someone out call call (something) out call someone in call someone over convene invite invite someone in invite someone over invitee plus one recall resummon shout shout on someone summons uncalled uninvited You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Internet terminology Friend noun[ C ] uk /frend/ us /frend/ a Quaker（同 Quaker） Religious people: followers of religious groups Adventist Anglican animist anti-cult anti-papal Episcopalian evangelist fakir Franciscan fundamentalist Moonie moral majority Mormon Moslem Muslim Shiite Sikh sisterhood Sufi Sunni friend | American Dictionaryfriend noun[ C ] us/frend/ a person you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family: I dreamed my school friends were being chased by a whale. Today I got a call from a friend of mine. Chloë was her best friend. I moved to California, made friends (= became friends with people), and started dating. Friend can also be used when you are speaking to someone: Well, friends, I think it’s time to go. A person or organization that is a friend to/of a group or organization helps and supports it: The president has been no friend to small business. The Senator was a friend of business interests. Examples of friendfriend She had returned to her active schedule with friends, and volunteering. Their roles in friendships changed too in that they needed to determine how their friends were responding to their illness and adapt to that. Enthusiasm, however, can be 'overdone', as one respondent told me who, with his friends, used to laugh at the teacher who was 'trying too hard'! When the younger child wants to join in, the friend tells the older child to exclude the younger sibling from play. Another possible solution for minimising a person's dependence on family and friends outside the household is to recruit a relative to join the household. His friends find his presence there, but he does not recognise himself! The book was completed and prepared for publication by some of his friends and colleagues. These dimensions included spouse problems, spouse support, relative problems, relative support, friend problems, friend support, confidants and social integration. You see her as a fifteen-year-old, and with her female friends they have a club, they play cricket. He may compare the pain with that experienced by friends or relatives and have misconceptions about it. Spouses, friends and relatives die when a person reaches a very old age. Ties with close friends and/or relatives assumed greater importance for those aged 60 and older. These items are often referred to with the terms "false friends" or "quasi-homophones across languages". Some respondents regarded neighbours as friends and spent a lot of time with them. The opportunity structures for making friends were linked to all stages of life. See all examples of friend These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withfriendfriendThese are words often used in combination with friend. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. childhood friend Here he reconnects with his childhoodfriend, the head of the local nature reserve. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. close friend In all cases, adolescents were able to name at least one closefriend using these criteria. closest friend This study examines one facet of autonomy development: an adolescents' ability to maintain and successfully advocate for their own viewpoint in a dyadic discussion with their closestfriend. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with friend |
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