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| /fəˈmɪliə/ |
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| 1 | well known to you or easily recognized by you 熟悉的 |
| People are more relaxed in familiar surroundings. 人们在熟悉的环境里会更加放松。 |
| +to The name Harry Potter will be familiar to many readers. 哈利·波特这个名字将会为众多读者所熟悉。 |
| vaguely familiar His face looked vaguely familiar but I couldn’ t think why. 他的面孔似曾相识，但我记不起来了。 |
| a familiar face/figure/voice etc I’ m pleased to see so many familiar faces here tonight. 我很高兴今天晚上在这里看到这么多熟悉的面孔。 |
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| 2 | a familiar sight , problem etc is common and happens a lot 常见的；普通的 |
| Horse-drawn carts used to be a familiar sight. 马车过去很常见。 |
| all-too familiar an all-too familiar problem 司空见惯的问题 |
| horribly/painfully/depressingly familiar These stories of bureaucratic mistakes are depressingly familiar. 这样的官僚主义错误普遍得令人沮丧。 |
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| 3 | behaving in an informal or friendly way towards someone you do not know very well , especially so that they feel you do not respect them （尤指过于）随便的，亲昵的，冒昧的 |
| +with Don’ t be too familiar with the customers. 不要对顾客太随便。 |
| be on familiar terms with sb She seems to be on very familiar terms with the waiter. 她似乎和侍者关系很熟。 |
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| - | familiar with sth
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| if you are familiar with something , you know about it because you have learnt about it or experienced it before |
| 熟悉；通晓 |
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| Are you familiar with Windows software? 你熟悉视窗软件吗？ |
| The author assumes that his readers are familiar with certain basic concepts. 作者认为读者们熟悉一些基本的概念。 |
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