| 词汇 | on-a-first-name-basis |
| 释义 | on a first-name basisphraseUS(UKon first-name terms) friendly or familiar enough with someone to call that person by their first name: Staff and pupils at the school were on a first-name basis. She was on a first-name basis with most of her customers. Her family connections put her on a first-name basis with most of the royalty in Europe. I ordered food from there so often that I was on a first-name basis with the woman who answered the phone. Very soon, everyone was on a first-name basis. See also first name on a first-name basis | American Dictionaryon a first-name basisidiom knowing someone well enough that you call each other by your first names: I've met her, but I'm not on a first-name basis with her. Examples of on a first-name basison a first-name basis The students and faculty are onafirst-namebasis and the environment is one of openness and mutual respect. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The idioms onafirst-namebasis and being on first-name terms allude to the familiarity of addressing another by a given name. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a school policy that teachers are referred to onafirst-namebasis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The panel and host were generally onafirst-namebasis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The teaching staff is extraordinarily unique because not only do students and teachers are onafirst-namebasis, teachers are any age above 15. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Starters could only mail the folder to someone they actually knew personally onafirst-namebasis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both men became close friends at that time, remaining onafirst-namebasis for the rest of their lives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Within the company the manner is very casual and everybody has to be onafirst-namebasis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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