英语词汇“familiarity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

familiarity

(fəmɪliærɪti )

1. familiarity breeds contempt phrase

Familiarity is used especially in the expression familiarity breeds contempt to say that if you know a person or situation very well, you can easily lose respect for that person or become careless in that situation.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

2. See also familiar

Quotations:

Familiarity breeds contempt

Idioms:

familiarity breeds contempt

said to mean that if you know someone or something very well, you can easily become bored with them and stop treating them with respect or stop paying attention to them

Of course, it's often true that familiarity breeds contempt, that we're attracted to those who seem so different from those we know at home.

单词	familiarity
释义	familiarity (fəmɪliærɪti ) 1. familiarity breeds contempt phrase Familiarity is used especially in the expression familiarity breeds contempt to say that if you know a person or situation very well, you can easily lose respect for that person or become careless in that situation. Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance. 2. See also familiar Quotations: Familiarity breeds contempt Idioms: familiarity breeds contempt said to mean that if you know someone or something very well, you can easily become bored with them and stop treating them with respect or stop paying attention to them Of course, it's often true that familiarity breeds contempt, that we're attracted to those who seem so different from those we know at home. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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