friend n. 1.友人,朋友 (opp. foe, enemy)。 2.〔称呼语〕朋友〔常作 My friend〕;〔英国〕下议院议员间的称呼〔常作 My honourable friend〕;〔英国〕法院律师间的称呼〔常作 My learned friend〕。 3.自己人;支持者,赞助者,同情者;助手,随从;〔pl.〕 〔苏格兰语〕 近亲,家属。 4.【宗教】公谊会(the Society of friends)教友。 5.有帮助的事物[本质]。 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 〔谚语〕患难朋友才是真朋友。 Old friends and old wine are best. 〔谚语〕陈酒味醇,老友情深。 The best of friends must part. 〔谚语〕天下无不散的筵席。 a boy [girl] friend男[女]朋友。 bosom [close, great, good, sworn] friends 好朋友,心腹朋友。 My shyness here is my best friend. 我的腼腆在这里对我很有好处。 a friend at [in] court 有势力的朋友,好门路。 be [make] friends with 跟…要好,跟…做朋友。 keep friends with 跟…保持友好。 make friend again 言归于好,重修旧好。 make friends of 和…为友,引…为同党。 part friends 不伤感情地分手(Let us part friends. 让我们好聚好散)。 vt. 〔诗〕与…为友 (= befriend)。
Tell a friend the intimate details of my life . 把自己生活中的隐私告诉朋友。
She begrudged her friend the award . 她嫉妒她的朋友获奖。
We shall amicably offer our american friends the statue . 我们将愉快地向美国朋友赠送这座雕像。
The greatest friend the packaging industry has is the sporting instinct of the buying public . 包装业最伟大的朋友就是顾客好夸耀的天性。
The thing which fascinated her friends the most about her was her extra-ordinary self-discipline . 她那卓越的自制能力使她的朋友们感到惊讶。
Upon more particular inquiry, jeame found new occasion to admire the active beneficence of her friend the duke of arggle . 珍妮详细地询问了情况以后,感到需要进一步感谢她的朋友阿盖尔公爵的恩德。
What is your particular interest in this young woman? she does not seem much qualified to alarm my friend the duchess's jealousy . 你对这位年轻女子为什么特别关注呢?她似乎并没有资格能引起我的朋友公爵夫人的嫉妒。
I told my friends the story the following day 第二天,我给朋友们讲了这个故事。
" my friend the fox - " the little prince said to me 小王子对我说: “我的朋友狐狸”
Without a friend the world is a wilderness 没有朋友,世界就等于一片荒野。