| 单词 | friend |
| 释义 | friendfriendsfriendfriend /frend/ noun [countable]1someone who you know well and enjoy spending time with: This is my friend Kate.be这是我的朋友凯特。Lee is an old friend of mine.be李是我的一个老朋友。2be friends to be someone’s friendbe friends withI’m friends with his sister.friend我和他姐姐是朋友。Helen and I are old friends.befriend我和海伦是老朋友。3someone who has made a link with you on a social networking site such as Facebook ➔ pen friendPhrasesjust good friends used when saying that two people like each other but are not having a romantic relationship: She’s not my girlfriend or anything – we’re just good friends.friend她不是我女朋友什么的——我们只是好朋友而已。make friends to start a friendly relationship: He finds it hard to make friends.findfriend他觉得很难和别人交朋友。friend withI made friends with lots of people in college.makefriendlot我在大学里交了很多朋友。COLLOCATIONS: friendadjectivessb’s best friend (=the friend they like the most)Joe was my best friend.bewella good/close friend (=one of the friends you like the most)We’re only inviting a few close friends.invitefriend ► Do not say ’a big friend’. Say a good friend or a close friend.an old friend (=someone who has been your friend for a long time)She doesn’t forget her old friends.frienda lifelong friend (=someone who has been or will be your friend for a very long time)Here he met George Wood, who became a lifelong friend.meetbecomea personal friendThe chairman is a personal friend of my father.benoun + frienda school/college/university friendShe’s gone shopping with some school friends.goshopfrienda childhood friend (=someone who was your friend when you were a child)Louis and Rosa were childhood friends.befrienda family friendThe doctor was an old family friend.beverbsto have a friendDoes he have a lot of friends?dofriendto become friendsWe soon became friends.becomefriendto remain friendsCan you remain friends with an ex-boyfriend?friendnoun + friendssb’s circle of friends (=all the friends someone has)He was not really part of my circle of friends.befriendTHESAURUS: friendfriend someone who you know well and enjoy spending time with: I invited all my friends to the party.invitefriendacquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ someone who you know and see sometimes, but who is not one of your close friends: He’s more of an acquaintance than a friend.mate British English informal, buddy American English informal a friend – used about boys or men: He’s playing football with his mates.playmatemy dad’s army buddiesbuddyYou’re my best mate.wellcompanion especially written a person or animal that you spend a lot of time with: travelling companionstravelcompanionDogs make good companions.dogcompanionthe perfect companioncrony [usually plural] disapproving a friend – used especially about powerful people who will help each other, often in a dishonest way: The mayor gave the best jobs to his cronies.givewelljobcrony |
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