plural friends
plural friends
Learner's definition of FRIEND
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: a person who you like and enjoy being with朋友 -
I'd like you to meet my friend.我想让你见见我的朋友。
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She is such a good/close/dear friend (of mine).她是（我）非常要好的/亲密的/亲爱的朋友。
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We're fast friends. = We're the best of friends.我们是最要好的朋友。
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He's no friend of mine.他不是我的朋友。
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He has always been a good friend to me. [=he has always helped or supported me as a good friend should]他一直是我的好友。
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She's my best friend. [=my closest friend]她是我最要好的朋友。
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We are childhood friends. [=we have been friends since we were children]我们从小就是朋友。
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old friends [=people who have been friends for a long time]老朋友
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She is an old family friend. = She is an old friend of the family. [=she has known and spent time with the family over many years]她是这家人的老朋友。
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We are just friends. [=we are not in a romantic relationship]我们只是朋友。
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He wants to be friends with my younger sister. [=he wants to be my sister's friend]他想成为我妹妹的朋友。
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She is best friends with my younger sister. [=she is my youngest sister's closest friend]她是我妹妹最好的朋友。
◊ Friend is sometimes used in a humorous or ironic way to refer to someone who is annoying or disliked.*friend有时用作诙谐或讽刺之意，指讨厌的人
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: a person who helps or supports someone or something (such as a cause or charity)支持者；赞助者 -
She is a friend of the environment. [=she supports environmental causes]她支持环保事业。
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The strikers knew they had a friend in the senator. [=knew that the senator supported them]罢工者知道参议院有人支持他们。
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Are you friend or foe? [=do you support us or oppose us?]你是敌是友？
a friend in need is a friend indeed
— used to say that a friend who will help you when you need help is a true friend患难见真情；患难见知交
friends in high places
◊ To have friends in high places is to know people with social or political influence or power.有位高权重的朋友；有贵人相助
make friends
: to become someone's friend交朋友 —
often + with
man's best friend
— see 1man