FRIEND1 a friend2 a very good friend3 a group of friends4 to be someone's friend5 to become someone's friend6 a friendly relationship with someone7 to have important or rich friends who can help you8 to stop being friendly with someoneRELATED WORDSoppositeENEMYsee alsoFRIENDLYRELATIONSHIPGIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIENDUNFRIENDLY1 a friend 朋友friend /frend/ [countable noun] Dad, this is my friend Steve. 爸爸，这是我的朋友史蒂夫。 She's going to Palm Springs with some friends. 她打算与几个朋友去棕榈泉。 I got a letter from a friend from college. 我收到一封大学里朋友寄来的信。friend of mine I'm going out for a drink with a friend of mine tonight. 今晚我要出去和一位朋友喝一杯。be a good friend to somebodyto be someone's friend and help them a lot when they have problems 对某人够朋友 John was a really good friend to me when I had all those problems last year. 约翰在我去年碰到那么多困难的时候给了我很大的帮助。mate /meɪt/ [countable noun]British informala friend - use this especially about boys or men 【英，非正式】朋友〔尤用于指男孩或男人〕 He always goes to the pub with his mates on Friday night. 每逢周五晚他总是和他那帮朋友去酒馆喝酒。mate of mine Terry's an old mate of mine. 特里是我的老朋友。buddy /ˈbʌdi/ [countable noun]American informala friend - use this especially about men or young people 【美，非正式】同伴，伙伴，朋友〔尤用于男人或年轻人〕 He's one of Mike's buddies. 他是迈克的一个伙伴。army/high school/war etc buddya friend that you met in the army, high school etc 军队/高中/一起打仗的朋友等 He's out playing basketball with some of his high school buddies. 他出去和一些高中的伙伴打篮球了。pal /pæl/ [countable noun]informala friend.Pal is slightly more old-fashioned thanmate orbuddy【非正式】朋友〔pal比mate和buddy老式一点〕 Nicholas was a pal of William's at school. 尼古拉斯是威廉读书时的一位朋友。 Thanks for helping us out, Frankie. You're a real pal. 谢谢你帮了我们的忙，弗朗姬，你真够朋友。acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ [countable noun]someone that you know and sometimes see, but who is not one of your close friends 相识的人，认识的人 She's just an acquaintance - I sometimes see her at aerobics. 她只是个相识，我有时在有氧健身操班上看到她。 I don't want to talk about religion with business acquaintances. 我不想和生意上认识的人谈论宗教。friend of a friend /ˌfrend əv ə ˈfrend/ [countable noun]someone who is not really your friend, but is someone one of your friends knows 朋友的朋友 I got the tickets through a friend of a friend who works in the theatre. 我是从一位朋友的朋友那儿买到票的，他在戏院工作。 No I don't know him personally, he's a friend of a friend. 不，我本人并不认识他，他是我一个朋友的朋友。2 a very good friend 很要好的朋友good/close friend /ˌgʊd, ˌkləʊs ˈfrend/ [countable noun]someone that you know very well and like very much 要好的朋友/密友 Helen is one of my closest friends. 海伦是我最要好的朋友之一。 Sam and I didn't get along very well at first but now we're really good friends. 萨姆和我起初相处得不是很好，不过我们现在非常要好了。 They were close friends of my parents when we lived in Minneapolis. 我们住在明尼阿波利斯时，他们是我父母的好朋友。best friend /ˌbest ˈfrend/ [countable noun]the one special friend who is more important to you than any other 最要好的朋友 We lived next door to each other when we were kids, and we've been best friends ever since. 我们小时候住在隔壁，后来就一直是好朋友。 Caroline and her best friend both had babies within three weeks of each other. 卡罗琳和她最要好的朋友在前后不到三个星期的时间里都生了孩子。old friend /ˌəʊld ˈfrend/ [countable noun]a good friend that you have known for a long time 老朋友 Lotte's one of my oldest friends. 洛蒂是我结识最久的老朋友之一。 I saw a few old friends at the reunion. 在久别后的聚会上我看到了几个老朋友。inseparable /ɪnˈsepərəbəl/ [adjective]friends who areinseparable are together most of the time 常在一起的，形影不离的 My brother and James have been inseparable since they were at primary school. 我弟弟和詹姆斯自上小学以来就形影不离了。 The three girls were inseparable friends. 这三个女孩以前是形影不离的好朋友。go back a long wayalsogo way back /gəʊ ˌbæk ə lɒŋ ˈweɪ ǁ-lɔːŋ-, gəʊ ˈweɪ ˌbæk/ [verb phrase]informalif two peoplego back a long way, they have known each other or been working together for a very long time 【非正式】相识已久的；同事多年的 Sam and I go way back. We sat next to each other in first grade. 萨姆和我是老相识了。一年级我俩就挨着坐。 I know your aunt - in fact we go back a long way. 我认识你的姑妈，事实上我们相识多年了。3 a group of friends 一群朋友circle of friendsalsocircle /ˌsɜːʳkəl əv ˈfrendz, ˈsɜːʳkəl/ [countable noun usually singular]the people you know, especially a group of friends who all know each other and often meet socially 朋友圈子 He had a large circle of friends. 他交游甚广。 Since my children have started school, my circle has widened to include the mothers of other kids. 自从孩子们上学以后，我的朋友圈子也扩大了，又认识了一些其他孩子的母亲。the boys/the girls /ðə ˈbɔɪz, ðə ˈgɜːʳlz/ [plural noun]spokena group of male or female friends who often do things together 【口】一帮男/女性朋友 Sally's having a night out with the girls from the office. 萨莉和办公室的一帮女友晚上出去玩。 It's his poker night with the boys. 今晚他要和一帮弟兄打牌。the gang /ðə ˈgæŋ/ [countable noun]informala small group of friends who often meet socially 【非正式】小群朋友；一伙 I usually go out with the gang on Saturday nights. 我一般在周六晚和那帮朋友出去玩。one of the gangaccepted into the group of friends 一个伙伴 She's not really one of the gang, but I invited her to the party. 实际上她不属于我们这伙，不过这次聚会我还是邀请了她。crowd /kraʊd/ [singular noun]informala group of friends who often do things or go out together 【非正式】〔经常一起做事、一起出去的〕一帮朋友 He wasn't with his usual crowd last night. 他昨晚没有跟平常在一起玩的那帮人在一起。 It may be necessary to change your child's school if they get in with a bad crowd. 如果你的孩子和一帮不良少年混在一起的话，也许有必要换个学校。set /set/ [singular noun]the tennis/golf club/arty etc seta group of friends who meet socially, especially because they are all interested in the same sport or activity, especially an expensive one 对网球/高尔夫球俱乐部/艺术等有共同爱好的一群人 She likes to mingle with the arty set. 她喜欢和爱好艺术的朋友交往。cronies /ˈkrəʊniz/ [plural noun]a group of people who know each other, and will help each other, even if this means being slightly dishonest 密友，朋友 Weiss was careful not to upset his political cronies. 韦斯小心行事，以免惹了他那帮政治密友。 Her father is probably in the bar, drinking with his cronies. 她父亲可能在酒吧里跟他的密友们喝酒。4 to be someone's friend 是某人的朋友be friends /biː ˈfrendz/ [verb phrase]if two peopleare friends, they like each other and they enjoy doing things together 做朋友 Bill and I used to be good friends, but we don't see each other much now. 比尔和我过去是好朋友，但现在我们不大见面了。be friends with I've been friends with Andrea for about 10 years. 我和安德烈娅成为朋友已大约十年了。get alongalsoget onBritish /ˌget əˈlɒŋǁ-əˈlɔːŋ, ˌget ˈɒn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if two or more peopleget along orget on, they find it easy to talk and agree with each other, and so they feel relaxed when they spend time together 和睦相处 I used to argue a lot with my parents, but now we get along fine. 以前我总是和父母争吵，但现在我们相处甚洽。get along with Julie's nice, but I don't really get on with her brother. 朱莉很不错，但我和她弟弟不太投契。 He's a nice boy - very easy to get along with. 他是个好男孩，很容易相处。be friendly with /biː ˈfrendli wɪð/ [verb phrase]to have a good relationship with someone, even though you may not spend a lot of time together 与…关系很好，和…很要好 Her family became very friendly with their neighbors, the Mayers. 她家与邻居迈耶一家人非常要好。 I used to be very friendly with a girl from Boston. 以前我曾和一个波士顿来的女孩很要好。5 to become someone's friend 成为某人的朋友make friends /ˌmeɪk ˈfrendz/ [verb phrase]to start to be someone's friend, especially when you have to make an effort to do this 交朋友 Her family moved a lot, and it wasn't always easy to make friends. 她家不停地搬来搬去，要交朋友总不容易。make friends with The children soon made friends with the kids next door. 孩子们很快就和隔壁邻居的孩子交上朋友了。become friends /bɪˌkʌm ˈfrendz/ [verb phrase]if two peoplebecome friends, they begin to be friends 〔两个人开始〕成为朋友 They met at an art class and became friends. 他们在艺术班上相遇，并成了朋友。 I'd known him for years, but we really didn't become friends until high school. 我认识他好几年了，但直到高中我们才成了朋友。hit it off /ˌhɪt ɪt ˈɒf/ [verb phrase]informalif two peoplehit it off, they immediately become friends when they meet for the first time 【非正式】〔第一次见面就〕很合得来，相处得很好 I knew you and Mark would hit it off. 我早知道你和马克会合得来。 The two men ended up in the same business law class and hit it off immediately. 这两个男人后来在同一个商业法律班上，一见如故。click /klɪk/ [intransitive verb]informalif two peopleclick, they like each other immediately when they first meet, because they have the same ideas or opinions, or laugh at the same things 【非正式】〔一见面就〕合得来 We just clicked, and we've been friends ever since. 我们一见如故，从此就成了朋友。click with I never really clicked with my boss, and it made work a little more difficult. 我和老板一直合不来，这给工作带来了一些困难。strike up a friendship /ˌstraɪk ʌp ə ˈfrendʃɪp/ [verb phrase]to make friends with someone very quickly, especially if you do it intentionally 很快同…建立友谊〔尤指有意这么做〕 The two women struck up a friendship when they met on holiday. 这两位女子在度假时遇上，就做起朋友来。 We met for the first time at a business conference, and we immediately struck up a friendship which has lasted for years. 我们在一次商务会议上认识之后便马上建立了友谊，我们的友谊已持续了许多年。befriend /bɪˈfrend/ [transitive verb]to be friendly to someone who needs help, for example someone with financial or emotional problems 对…以朋友相待；扶助〔经济上或感情上需要帮助的人〕 His parents befriended some American soldiers who served in Wales during World War II. 他的父母与一些第二次世界大战期间在威尔士服役的美国兵成了朋友。 It's fairly unusual for high school seniors to befriend freshmen. 高中的毕业班学生与一年级学生交上朋友是很不寻常的事。fall in withalsoget in withspoken /ˌfɔːl ˈɪn wɪð, ˌget ˈɪn wɪð/ [transitive verb]to begin to be friends with a group of people, especially people that other people do not approve of 与〔一群人〕结交〔尤指令他人反感的一群人 He's fallen in with a group of boys I don't like very much. 他与一帮我不大喜欢的男孩交上了朋友。 She used her husband's money and family to get in with a group of Hollywood's social elite. 她利用丈夫的财富和家庭关系结交了一群好莱坞社交精英。6 a friendly relationship with someone 与某人的友好关系friendship /ˈfrendʃɪp/ [countable/uncountable noun] Our marriage is based on friendship, love, and trust. 我们的婚姻是以友谊、爱情和信任为基础的。 We didn't see each other much during that time, but our friendship remained strong. 那个时候我俩难得见面，可是我们的友情仍然牢固。friendship with I had no close friendships with other boys at school. 我读书时跟其他男孩没有什么要好的交情。friendship between Bernstein's visit to Copland's studio led to a friendship between the two composers. 伯恩斯坦去科普兰的工作室拜访他，使这两位作曲家建立起了友谊。companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/ [uncountable noun]a friendly and comfortable relationship with someone that you enjoy spending time with 友情；友谊 He was lonely and looking for companionship. 他很孤独，在寻找友谊。 Older people often benefit from having a pet for companionship. 老年人常因有宠物作伴而获益。7 to have important or rich friends who can help you 有地位高的或富有的朋友帮助have friends in high places /hæv ˌfrendz ɪn haɪ ˈpleɪsz/ [verb phrase not in progressive] He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places. 他不会丢掉工作的一他有许多身居高位的朋友。well-connected /ˌwel kəˈnektd◂/ [adjective]having friends who have a lot of influence 与显贵人物有来往的 The couple were well-educated and well-connected members of an elite social class. 这对夫妇受过良好教育，属于有上层社会关系的精英阶层。 Richardson is very well-connected, both in the Democratic leadership and on political committees. 理查森在民主党领导层内以及在政治委员会中都有很好的关系。8 to stop being friendly with someone 与某人失和fall out /ˌfɔːl ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]especially Britishto stop being friends because you have an argument 【尤英】〔两个人〕失和；吵架 It was the first time Bill and I had fallen out. 这是比尔和我第一次闹翻。fall out with She fell out with some of her school friends. 她和几个要好的同学闹翻了。fall out over I didn't think it was worth falling out over, but Emily obviously did. 我觉得不值得为这件事吵翻，但埃米莉显然认为值得。