| 词汇 | matey |
| 释义 | matey adjective UKinformaluk /ˈmeɪ.ti/ us /ˈmeɪ.t̬i/matier | matiest friendly: 友好的 They've been very matey since they started working together.他们从开始共事起就一直相处得很好。 Synonyms amicable chummyinformal friendly pallyinformal Compare amicable Opposite unfriendly behaving in a kind and pleasant way friendlyI like his sister - she's so friendly. niceHer boyfriend is really nice. amiableShe was perfectly amiable. genialOur genial host led us to our room. congenialHe's very congenial and so quite likeable. Friendly affability affable affably affiliative agreeableness congeniality conversable convivial conviviality convivially harmony hospitable hospitably hospitality socially sugar and spiceidiom sweet-natured sweet-tempered sweetness the human touch Related wordmateyness matey noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈmeɪ.ti/ us /ˈmeɪ.t̬i/ used as an informal form of address: （用作非正式称呼语）朋友 Are you all right, matey?你没事吧，朋友？ Examples of mateymatey You are now on matey terms with everyone from ministers to waiters. Finally, with regard to formal variation, only few examples are recorded in the corpus: the diminutive form "matey", the possessive form "my" "mate", and the more intimate form "old mate". Certainly one of the big problems of introducing outside contractors into the dockyards is that the mateys are working alongside the artisans and skilled men from private enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I presume that the matey, horseshoe structure is designed to get us to agree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of my most treasured ship's company photographs is of myself surrounded by a dockyard matey ship's company of 500 people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dalton, one might say, in his "matey" style, his condescending style. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first letter is usually couched in matey language, slightly patronising, perhaps, but friendly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, when he began to examine the legislation he started his memorandum by saying that he was on the side of the dockyard matey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am anxious tonight to be matey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How did this matey party occur? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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