friend
noun /frend/
/frend/
Idioms - a person you know well and like, and who is not usually a member of your family
朋友；友人 - This is my friend Tom.
这是我的朋友汤姆。 - Is he a friend of yours?
他是你的朋友吗？ - Jane's a friend of the family.
简是家里的朋友。 - She's an old friend (= I have known her a long time).
她是我的老朋友。 - He's one of my best friends.
他是我最要好的朋友之一。 - a close/good/dear friend
亲密的/好的/亲爱的朋友 - a childhood/family/longtime friend
童年/家庭/老朋友 - We've been friends for years.
我们是多年的朋友了。 - They had a quarrel, but they're friends again now.
他们吵过架，不过现在又和好了。 - to become/remain friends
成为/保持朋友 - as a friend I'm asking you as a friend not to tell anyone.
我以朋友的身份请求你不要告诉任何人。 - She wanted to share the news with family and friends.
她想和家人和朋友分享这个消息。 - She has a wide circle of friends.
她交游很广。 - I heard about it through a friend of a friend.
我通过朋友的朋友听到这事的。
Wordfinder- acquaintance
- bond
- buddy
- companion
- comrade
- friend
- mate
- neighbour
- platonic
- playmate
Topics Family and relationshipsa1- We met at school and became lifelong friends.
我们是在学校认识的，成了一辈子的朋友。 - My ideal Saturday night is dinner with friends.
我理想的周六晚上是和朋友一起吃饭。 - We invited friends and neighbours to celebrate with us.
我们邀请朋友和邻居和我们一起庆祝。 - I hope we can remain friends.
我希望我们能继续做朋友。 - She's gone out to meet friends.
她出去见朋友了。 - I saw her out with a group of friends.
我看见她和一群朋友出去了。 - Tom is travelling/traveling with some friends from university.
汤姆正和几个大学朋友一起旅行。 - Paul and Sue are family friends—I've known them all my life.
保罗和苏是世交——我认识他们一辈子了。 - Why don't you ask your friends at work to help?
为什么不找工作上的朋友帮忙？ - If you like our products, tell your friends.
如果你喜欢我们的产品，告诉你的朋友。 - We're visiting friends this weekend.
这个周末我们要去拜访朋友。 - He's gone to stay with a friend in London.
他去伦敦和一个朋友住在一起了。 - He has a lot of friends.
他有很多朋友。 - Does your sister have any single friends?
你姐姐有单身朋友吗？ - Even his own friends don't believe him.
连他自己的朋友都不相信他。 - He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend.
最后一次有人看见他是和一个女性朋友一起离开餐馆。 - He asked a few of his male friends what they thought.
他问了几个男性朋友的想法。 - Can I bring a friend?
我能带个朋友过来吗？ - She's lost friends because of her brutal honesty.
她因极其诚实而失去了朋友。 - He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that.
如果他继续那样说话，就不会有什么朋友。 - Her best friend at school was called Anna.
她在学校最好的朋友叫安娜。 - He married his old school friend.
他和他的老校友结婚了。 - I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party.
我只会邀请我最亲密的朋友来参加这次聚会。 - It was so relaxing to be among old friends.
和老朋友在一起真放松。 - My so-called friends are making fun of me because of my weight.
我那些所谓的朋友因为我太重而取笑我。 - We met each other through a mutual friend.
我们是通过一个共同的朋友而认识的。 - If you need a friend, just call me.
如果你需要朋友，就给我打电话。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- bosom
- close
- …
- become
- remain
- stay
- …
- friend from
- a circle of friends
- a group of friends
- a friend of a friend
- …
- This is my friend Tom.
- a person you communicate with on social media
朋友；友人 - How many friends have you got on Facebook?
你在Facebook上有多少朋友？ - Facebook friends
脸书好友
- How many friends have you got on Facebook?
- Frienda person who supports an organization, a charity, etc., especially by giving or raising money; a person who supports a particular idea, etc.
赞助者；支持者 - the Friends of St Martin’s Hospital
圣马丁医院的赞助者 - a friend of democracy
维护民主的人 - Theatre tickets are 10% cheaper for Friends.
《老友记》的电影票便宜10%。
- the Friends of St Martin’s Hospital
- a person who has the same interests and opinions as yourself, and who will help and support you
自己人；同志；同伙；同盟者 - His eyes were moving from face to face: friend or foe?
他的眼睛从一张脸转到另一张脸:朋友还是敌人？ - among friends You're among friends here—you can speak freely.
这儿都是自己人，有话直说吧。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- bosom
- close
- …
- become
- remain
- stay
- …
- friend from
- a circle of friends
- a group of friends
- a friend of a friend
- …
- His eyes were moving from face to face: friend or foe?
- (often ironic) used to talk about or to somebody that you meet who is not actually a friend
（指做傻事或烦人的事而说话者不认识的人） - I wish our friend at the next table would shut up.
但愿我们邻桌那位仁兄闭嘴。 - My friends, let me introduce myself.
朋友们, 让我自我介绍一下。
- I wish our friend at the next table would shut up.
- (in the UK) used by a member of parliament to refer to another member of parliament or by a lawyer to refer to another lawyer in a court of law
（议员间或律师间的一种称呼）朋友，阁下，同人 - my honourable friend, the member for Henley (= in the House of Commons)
我尊敬的朋友亨利区议员（下院用语） - my noble friend (= in the House of Lords)
我尊贵的朋友（上院用语） - my learned friend (= in a court of law)
我博学的同人（法庭用语）
- my honourable friend, the member for Henley (= in the House of Commons)
- Frienda member of the Society of Friends
（新教）公谊会成员 see also flexible friend
person you like喜欢的人
on the internet
supporter支持者
not enemy不是敌人
person that you meet/speak to
in parliament/court议会；法庭
in religion宗教
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.
Idioms
be (just) good friends
- used to say that two friends are not having a romantic relationship with each other
（无恋爱关系）（只）是好朋友 - They gradually got to know each other better but they remained just good friends.
他们逐渐加深了对彼此的了解，但他们仍然只是好朋友。
- They gradually got to know each other better but they remained just good friends.
a friend in need (is a friend indeed)
- (saying) a friend who gives you help when you need it (is a true friend)
患难的朋友（才是真正的朋友）；患难之交（见真情）
have friends in high places
- to know important people who can help you
有位高权重的朋友；有贵人相助 - ‘How did he get promoted so quickly?’ ‘Oh, he has friends in high places.’
“他怎么升得这么快，”。“哦，他在高层有朋友，”。
- ‘How did he get promoted so quickly?’ ‘Oh, he has friends in high places.’
make friends (with somebody)
- to become a friend of somebody
是／成为（某人的）朋友 - Simon finds it hard to make friends with other children.
西蒙感到难以和其他孩子交朋友。
- Simon finds it hard to make friends with other children.
man’s best friend
- a way of describing a dog
人类的好朋友（指狗）