1 N-COUNT 朋友;友人 A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you. 朋友;友人
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I had a long talk about this with my best friend.
我和我最好的朋友就此事进行了长谈。
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She never was a close friend of mine. [+ of]
她从来就不是我的密友。
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...Sara's old friend, Ogden.
萨拉的老朋友奥格登
SYN companion, pal [informal] , mate [informal] , buddy [informal]
2 N-PLURAL (与…互为)朋友 If you are friends with someone, you are their friend and they are yours. (与…互为)朋友
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I still wanted to be friends with Alison. [+ with]
我还是想和艾莉森做朋友。
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We remained good friends.
我们一直是好朋友。
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Sally and I became friends.
萨莉和我成了朋友。
3 N-PLURAL; N-IN-NAMES 支持者;拥护者;赞助者 The friends of a country, cause, organization, or a famous politician are the people and organizations who help and support them. 支持者;拥护者;赞助者
SYN supporter, ally, associate, sponsor
4 N-COUNT 盟友;友国;友邦 If one country refers to another as a friend, they mean that the other country is not an enemy of theirs. 盟友;友国;友邦
5 PHR-RECIP (与…)交朋友;(和…)建立友谊 If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends . (与…)交朋友;(和…)建立友谊
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He has made friends with the kids on the street.
他和流浪街头的孩子交上了朋友。
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Dennis made friends easily.
丹尼斯很容易就能交到朋友。
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He had made a friend of both girls.
他和两个女孩都成了朋友。
Quotations
A friend should bear his friend's infirmities William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
The belongings of friends are common Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Friends are born, not made Henry Adams The Education of Henry Adams
I count myself nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends William Shakespeare Richard II
True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice Ben Jonson Cynthia's Revels
Friends are God's apology for relatives Hugh Kingsmill
Old friends are the best. King James used to call for his old shoes; for they were easiest for his feet John Seldon Table Talk
Old friends are the blessing of one's later years - half a word conveys one's meaning Horace Walpole
The only way to have a friend is to be one Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays: First Series
When your friend holds you affectionately by both hands you are safe, for you can watch both his Ambrose Bierce
Of two close friends, one is always the slave of the other Mikhail Lermontov A Hero of Our Time
| Word Partnership | Use friend with: |
| ADJ. | best friend, close friend, dear friend, faithful friend, former friend, good friend, loyal friend, mutual friend, old friend, personal friend, trusted friend 1 |
| N. | childhood friend, friend of the family, friend or relative 1 friend or foe 1 4 |
| VERB. | tell a friend 1 make a friend 1 5 |
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