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- a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations朋友, 友人。
1.1
- (often as a polite form of address or in ironic reference) an acquaintance or a stranger one comes across相识的人; （偶然遇见的）陌生人（常作礼貌称呼语或讽刺用语）：
my friends, let me introduce myself.
朋友们, 让我自我介绍一下。
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one's friends
archaic one's close relatives〈古〉近亲。
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- a person who acts as a supporter of a cause, organization, or country by giving financial or other help赞助者, 支持者：
the Friends of the Welsh National Opera.
威尔士国家歌剧院的赞助者。
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- a person who is not an enemy or who is on the same side同志; 同伙; 同盟者：
she was unsure whether he was friend or foe.
她无法确定他究竟是朋友还是敌人。
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- a familiar or helpful thing熟悉（或有帮助）的事物：
he settled for that old friend the compensation grant.
他勉强接受了先前讲过的那笔赔偿费。
1.6
- a contact on a social networking website（社交网站上的）好友：
all of a sudden you've got 50 friends online who need to stay connected.
突然之间你有了50个需要保持联系的在线好友。
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Friend
a member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker（基督教）公谊会教友, 贵格会成员, 教友派信徒。
with obj.
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- informal add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website〈非正式〉（在社交网站上） 把（某人）加为好友 ：
I am friended by 29 people who I have not friended back.
有29人把我加为了好友, 但我没有加他们。
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- archaic or poetic/literary befriend (someone)〈古, 诗/文〉与…为友, 帮助。
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- no obj.
friend with
black English have a sexual relationship with〈黑人英语〉和…有性关系： the woman got married and you still used to friend with she?
这个女人结过婚了, 你还和她搞关系？
WORD TRENDS
Until very recently the notion of friending someone was archaic， confined to dusty tomes or poetic musings. Now， thanks to the growth of social networking sites， the use of friend as a verb has been revived， in reference to the process of adding someone to a list of online contacts （I haven't friended my mother on Facebook and I don't intend to）. This has， of course， opened up whole new realms of social anxiety， from finding those you have friended won't friend you in return， to discovering that someone has unfriended or defriended you - removed you from their list of friends （rather than being an adult about it and telling me how he felt， he unfriended me）.
短语
be （或make） friends with
- be (or become) on good or affectionate terms with (someone)与…为（或交）友。
be no friend of（或to）
- show no support or sympathy for对…不予支持; 对…不表同情。
a friend at court
- a person in a position to use their influence on one's behalf有势力的朋友, 靠山。
a friend in need is a friend indeed
- proverb a person who helps at a difficult time is a person who you can really rely on〈谚〉患难中的朋友才是真朋友。
friends in high places
- people in senior positions who are able and willing to use their influence on one's behalf势力很大的朋友, 强大的靠山。
my honourable friend
- Brit. used to address or refer to another member of one's own party in the House of Commons〈英〉我尊敬的朋友（议员在下院中称呼或提到本党另一成员时的用语）。
my learned friend
- used by a barrister or lawyer in court to address or refer to another barrister or lawyer我渊博的同行（律师在法庭上称呼或提到另一律师时的用语）。
my noble friend
- Brit. used to address or refer to another member of one's own party in the House of Lords〈英〉我高贵的朋友（议员在上院中称呼或提到本党另一成员时的用语）。
my Right Honourable friend
- Brit. used to address or refer to another member of one's own party in the House of Commons who is also a privy counselor〈英〉我德高望重的朋友（议员在下院中称呼或提到担任枢密院官员的本党成员的用语）。
派生词
friendless
adjective词源
Old English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning 'to love', shared by FREE.