1person you like 你喜欢的人FRIEND someone who you know and like very much and enjoyspending time with 朋友,友人
Jerry, this is my friend Sue.
杰里,这是我的朋友休。
She’s always out with her friends.
她常同朋友们一起出去。
One of her closest friends died at the weekend.
她的一位密友周末过世了。
I met Jim through a friend.
经一位朋友介绍,我认识了吉姆。
2be friends (with somebody)to be someone’s friend 是(某人的)朋友
I’ve been friends with the Murkets for twenty years.
我和穆尔克特一家是20年的老朋友。
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be friends (with somebody)• Ministers are at ease with the former, they are friendsexploring a situation.• Then they starved together, and now they were friends.• Louisa had lied when she said they were friends.• They were friends of his, real estatedevelopers with no expertise whatsoever in media, much less multimedia.• He asked me to be friends again, but I couldn't forgive him.• We were friends, on Sunday afternoons we went running in the lowermeadows.• He gave the Bookman a big hug and hoped they would be friends for a long, long time.
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a)make friends to become friendly with people 交朋友,建立友好关系
Jenny has always found it easy to make friends at school.
珍妮在学校总是很容易交上朋友。
b)make friends with somebody to become friendly with someone 成为某人的朋友
He made friends with an old fisherman.
他和一位老渔夫交上了朋友。
4be just (good) friendsSEX/HAVE SEX WITHused to say that you are not having a romantic relationship with someone 只是(好)朋友而已
I’m not going out with Nathan – we’re just good friends.
我没有与内森约会——我们只是好朋友。
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be just (good) friends• ""Are you going out with Liam?'' ""No, we're just good friends.''• I'm not going out with Nathan, you know - we're just friends.• Billy and I were just good friends, really good mates.• I keep telling my mother that Peter and I are just friends but she doesn't seem to believe me.• My wife and I are just good friends.• But maybe he and Jane were just friends.• They were just friends, and he was fun to be with.• Maureen and I - we thought we were just friends.
a)my honourable friend used by a member of parliament when speaking about another member of parliament 我尊敬的朋友〔议会议员间的称呼〕
b)my learned friend used by a lawyer when speaking about another lawyer in a court of law 我博学的同仁〔法庭上律师间的称呼〕
9be no friend of somethingAGAINST/OPPOSEto not like or be a supporter of something 反对某事物,不赞成某事物,不支持某事物
I’m no friend of socialism, as you know.
你知道,我不支持社会主义。
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be no friend of something• But a tameaestheticis no friend ofhistoricalmaterialism.• As far as she could remember, she had never seen the man before, he was no friend of Faith's.• He was no friend of hers.• The Goddess of Love was surprised at the visit, for Hera was no friend of hers.• I've never been a friend of Republicans.• Somebody lined him up, and that somebody is no friend ofmine, Mr Millet.• Likud has made it plain it would be no friend of the process, and that would compoundbloodshed with tragedy.
11our/your friendspokenANNOY used humorously to talk about someone you do not know, who is doing something annoying 我们的/你们的那位朋友〔幽默用法,指你不认识的、惹人厌烦的人〕
Our friend with the loud voice is back.
我们的那位大嗓门朋友回来了。
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our/your friend• Our friend with the loudvoice is back.
12.have friends in high placesFRIENDPOWERto know important people who can help you 有大人物帮忙,有贵人相助
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have friends in high places• Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.• But Tony and his colleagueshave friends in high places.• The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerfulLord Burghley, and were allowed to return.• He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.• I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.• We have friends in high places, they said.
13.a friend in needNEEDsomeone who helps you when you need it 患难之交,真正的朋友
n14.be in the friend zoneinformal to be regarded as a friend by someone for whom you have romantic feelings
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + friend
somebody’s best friend (=the friend you like the most) 某人最好的朋友
Fiona was her best friend.
菲奥娜曾是她最好的朋友。
a good/close friend (=one of the friends you like the most) 好友/密友
She’s a good friend of mine.
她是我的好朋友。
a dear friend (=a friend who is very important to you) 亲爱的朋友
I’d like you to meet a dear friend of mine.
来认识一下我的一位亲爱的朋友。
an old friend (=someone who has been your friend for a long time) 老友
We went to see some old friends who had moved to Harlow.
我们去看望几个搬到哈洛的老朋友。
na lifelong friend (=someone who has been your friend for the whole of your life)
The two men were lifelong friends.
a childhood friend (=someone who was your friend when you were a child) 童年伙伴
nShe had been a childhood friend of Tony Walker.
a school friend 同窗好友
nI met some old school friends for lunch.
a family friend 家庭朋友
nHe’s visiting family friends.
a personal friend 私交
nMr Hutton is a close personal friend of my father.
a mutual friend (=someone who is a friend of both you and someone else) 共同的朋友
nThey went to a mutual friend’s home for dinner.
a firm friend (=a friend you like a lot and intend to keep) 至交
nThey had remained firm friends ever since they first met.
a trusted friend 挚友
nShe told only a few trusted friends.
male/female friends 男性/女性朋友
nMost of my male friends are married now.
verbs
have a friend 有朋友
Suzie has plenty of friends.
苏齐有很多朋友。
become friends 成为朋友
Liz and Vanessa soon became friends.
利兹和瓦妮莎很快成了朋友。
remain friends 一直是朋友
5They have remained friends ever since.
此后他们一直是朋友。
nWe have all remained friends despite some difficult times.
phrases
a friend of mine/yours/Bill’s etc 我的/你的/比尔的等朋友
A friend of mine is going to Tokyo next week.
我的一个朋友下周去东京。
a friend of a friend 朋友的朋友
I managed to get tickets from a friend of a friend.
我从朋友的朋友那里弄到了一些票。
somebody’s circle of friends (=all the friends someone has) 某人的朋友圈
nHer small circle of friends used to play cards together.
THESAURUS
friend someone who you know and like very much and enjoy spending time with 朋友
nDad, this is my friend Steve.
She’s going to Palm Springs with some friends.
她将和几个朋友去棕榈泉。
nI got a letter from a friend from college.
Amy’s a close friend of mine.
埃米是我的一位密友。
nJohn was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year.
acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ someone who you know and see sometimes, but who is not one of your close friends 熟人〔非密友〕
We borrowed the money from one of Paul’s business acquaintances.
我们从保罗生意上的一个熟人那里借了一笔钱。
mateBritish EnglishBrE informal a friend – used especially about boys or men 朋友,伙伴〔尤指男孩或男人〕
He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night.
周五晚上,他常同朋友一起去小酒馆。
nTerry’s an old mate of mine.
buddyAmerican EnglishAmE informal a friend – used especially about men or young people 朋友,伙伴〔尤指男人或年轻人〕
He’s out playing basketball with some of his high school buddies.
他在外面跟几个中学里的朋友打篮球。
pal informal a friend – pal sounds rather old-fashioned 朋友〔听上去相当过时〕
They met at school and have remained close pals.
他们在读书的时候认识,之后一直是亲密的朋友。
crony [usually plural] disapproving a friend – used about powerful people who will help each other even if it is slightly dishonest 朋友〔指会以不诚实手段相互帮忙的权贵〕
He’s one of the president’s cronies.
他是总统的一个亲信。
companion written someone who spends time with you, doing the same things as you – used about animals as well as people 同伴,伴侣〔既可指人,也可指动物〕
travelling companions
旅伴
His dog was his constant companion.
他的狗时时刻刻陪伴着他。
nthe perfect companion
the girls informal a woman’s female friends 〔女子的〕闺蜜,闺中密友
nWe’re having a girls’ night out.
the ladsBritish EnglishBrE informal a man’s male friends 〔男子的〕男性伙伴,哥们儿