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1 | someone who is friendly is always pleasant and helpful towards other people (人)友好的,有帮助的 |
| I enjoy working there - everyone is so friendly. 我喜欢在那里工作,每个人都那么友好。 |
| He will be remembered as a kind friendly person. 他的友善将被人铭记。 |
| +towards/to The local people went out of their way to be friendly towards us. 当地人千方百计与我们交好。 |
| 1a | used about people’ s behaviour (行为)友好的,有帮助的 | | a friendly smile/manner/welcome The receptionist greeted us with a friendly smile. 接待员友好地微笑着跟我们打招呼。 | |
| 1b | used about places and situations (地点或情景)友好的 | | There’ s a warm and friendly atmosphere in the pub. 酒馆里有一种温馨友好的气氛。 | | It’ s not a very friendly city. 这不是一座非常友好的城市。 | |
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2 | if you are friendly with someone , you are their friend 朋友(般)的;有交情的 |
| Janet and I used to be very friendly. 珍妮特和我曾经交情不错。 |
| +with Doctors shouldn’ t get too friendly with their patients. 医生与病人不应该过分亲近。 |
| on friendly terms We parted on friendly terms. 我们友好地分手了。 |
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3 | a friendly game is not part of a competition but is played for fun or to practise skills (比赛)友谊的 |
| Moscow Dynamo came and played Walsall in a friendly match. 莫斯科迪那摩队来和沃尔索尔队踢了一场友谊赛。 |
| 3a | used for saying that people compete with each other but are friends (竞争)朋友之间的,友好的 | | There was a friendly rivalry between them. 他们之间存在一种友好的竞争。 | |
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4 | a friendly country or government has a good relationship with your country and is not your enemy (国家或政府)友好的,无敌意的 |
| To the Allies, Switzerland was a friendly neutral country. 对所有同盟国来说,瑞士是一个友好的中立国家。 |
| The new country hopes to establish friendly relations with all its neighbours. 这个新成立的国家希望和所有邻国建立友好关系。 |
| 4a | on the same side as you in a war (战争中)友方的 | | friendly aircraft 友方的飞机 | |
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5 | business a friendly takeover is one in which a company has agreed that another company should buy it (公司的兼并)自愿的,友好的 |
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friendliness noun U |
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