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单词 familiarity
释义 familiarity /fəˌmɪlɪˈærɪtɪ/ n.( 复familiarities)
1.(well-known quality)熟悉;熟知

Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face.托尼对她那张怪异而熟悉的面孔感到不安。

Alistair felt that there was a certain familiarity about the name.阿利斯泰尔觉得对这个名字有点熟悉。

2.familiarity with sth
(reasonable knowledge)对某事物的熟悉;对某事物的通晓

her familiarity with these things她对这些事情的通晓

The enemy would always have the advantage of familiarity with the rugged terrain.敌方总是会占据熟悉崎岖地形的优势。

3.+of language, tone, behaviour随便;随意;不拘礼节

She opened the door, and he stepped in with the familiarity of ancient friendship.她把门打开, 而他毫不客气地走进去, 像老朋友那样。

4.(intimacy)友好;亲近;亲密

She needed to control her surprise at the easy familiarity with which her host greeted the head waiter.看到女主人那样亲昵地随意和服务员领班打招呼, 她觉得惊讶却又不敢表露。

5.<贬>(presumption)过分亲密;放肆

such insolent familiarity如此无礼放肆

6.(liberty)过于亲昵的举止;放肆的言行;狎昵的动作;冒昧

He would have taken her hand in his, if he dared such familiarities with her.他如果有胆对她亲昵, 早就握住她的手了。

7.familiarity breeds contempt熟能生厌;亲不敬, 熟生蔑;近之则不逊

The old adage, 'familiarity breeds contempt', was never more true than when applied to our heroes.“亲不敬, 熟生厌”这句老话, 用在我们的英雄身上再也准确不过了。

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.罪恶的事物见多了并不会产生蔑视, 而是习以为常。

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