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单词 friend
释义
friend
(frend )
Word forms: friends , friending, friended
1. countable noun A1
A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you.
I had a long talk about this with my best friend.
She never was a close friend of mine. [+ of]
...Sara's old friend, Ogden.
Synonyms: companion, pal [informal], mate [informal], buddy [informal]  
2. plural noun B1
If you are friends with someone, you are their friend and they are yours.
I still wanted to be friends with Alison. [+ with]
We remained good friends.
Sally and I became friends.
3. plural noun & countable noun B2
The friends of a country, cause, organization, or a famous politician are the people and organizations who help and support them.
...the friends of capitalism.
...The Friends of Birmingham Royal Ballet. [+ of]
Synonyms: supporter, ally, associate, sponsor  
4. countable noun B2
If one country refers to another as a friend, they mean that the other country is not an enemy of theirs.
Do Italy's friends and partners have to accept the situation?
5. to make friends phrase B1+
If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
He has made friends with the kids on the street.
Dennis made friends easily.
He had made a friend of both girls.
6. verb
If you friend someone, you ask them to be your friend on a social media website, so that you can see each other's posts.
People you have friended on Facebook could be complete strangers in real life. [V n on]
He friended dozens of other graduates of his college. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: add, follow  
Quotations:
A friend should bear his friend's infirmitiesWilliam ShakespeareJulius Caesar
The belongings of friends are commonAristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sakeAristotleNicomachean Ethics
Friends are born, not madeHenry AdamsThe Education of Henry Adams
I count myself nothing else so happy
As in a soul remembering my good friends
William ShakespeareRichard II
True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice
Ben JonsonCynthia's Revels
Friends are God's apology for relativesHugh Kingsmill
Old friends are the best. King James used to call for his old shoes; for they were easiest for his feetJohn SeldonTable Talk
Old friends are the blessing of one's later years - half a word conveys one's meaningHorace Walpole
The only way to have a friend is to be oneRalph Waldo EmersonEssays: First Series
When your friend holds you affectionately by both hands you are safe, for you can watch both hisAmbrose Bierce
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Collocations:
college friend
One college friend recalled that he used to encourage female students to express themselves in class.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We've been college friends for a while but I now like her a lot more than just as a friend.
The Sun (2014)
My daughter's college friends, she says, are ' pretty chilled 'about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
friends gather
Someone you longed to meet will be there when friends gather.
The Sun
As friends gather round to work with you, try not to push them away.
The Sun
You could first meet where friends gather to watch a special event.
The Sun
You can take a relationship to the next level or, if you are single, meet someone special where friends gather.
The Sun
All the friends gather inside the gate.
Christianity Today
imaginary friend
Given their experience, they would have realised early on that the concept of 'short selling' was, in fact, a totally imaginary friend, and acted accordingly.
Times, Sunday Times
I've got no problem with people who want to follow an imaginary friend and have coffee mornings with like-minded souls.
The Sun
You embraced the wind with both hands and gave an imaginary friend a peck.
Times, Sunday Times
Conjure up an imaginary friend who can talk to you in positive, nurturing, empowering ways.
The Sun
I assumed it was an imaginary friend.
The Sun
invite a friend
Encourage him to invite a friend round after school soon after he has started.
Times, Sunday Times
Invite a friend to come, take notes, and give suggestions based on what it's like being a newcomer.
Christianity Today
A third do a spot of vacuuming or cleaning when they're meant to be working at home, while a fifth invite a friend over.
The Sun
Why not invite your friend to another lunch and get this of f your chest.
Times, Sunday Times
Ask her if you can invite a friend to the party so you have somebody to focus on.
The Sun
lifelong friend
It was my good fortune to have known him as both teacher and lifelong friend.
The Times Literary Supplement
Someone you meet today can turn into a lifelong friend.
The Sun
When a ring tone makes you laugh, you have found a lifelong friend.
The Sun
A newcomer with a warm smile will become a lifelong friend.
The Sun
Hopefully, they would also describe me as a lifelong friend and a fellow traveler on the kingdom road.
Christianity Today
like-minded friend
Teaming up with a like-minded friend can turn these skills into useful money-makers.
The Sun
I'd never failed an exam and my priorities were to play around with like-minded friends.
Times, Sunday Times
You and like-minded friends and neighbours can probably devise a small-scale scheme worthy of funding.
Times, Sunday Times
Now we either spend the day in glorious, peaceful isolation or with like-minded friends.
Times, Sunday Times
She and like-minded friends sought to live as detached as possible from the stifling demands of state-controlled life.
Times, Sunday Times
long-lost friend
How should a man react if an apparent stranger says he is a long-lost friend?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He greeted me as he would a long-lost friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Finding it after all these years is like finding a long-lost friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Hillsden fingered the newspapers in the way a blind man touches the sleeve of a long-lost friend.
Forbes, Bryan THE ENDLESS GAME (2002)
longtime friend
A longtime friend from a distant city was calling.
Christianity Today
He was a longtime friend who lived in the same road.
Times, Sunday Times
I've shared my story before about reconnecting with a longtime friend from my hometown and how we married.
Christianity Today
I recently fell out with a longtime friend who has a one-year-old son.
Times, Sunday Times
The next morning, a 'longtime friend' said, when a car arrived to take him to the airport he refused to get in.
Times, Sunday Times
loyal friend
As a good father, a loyal friend and a committed lawyer who helped future generations to look back on the death penalty as a relic of history.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
New friends add glitz and excitement but it is plans you share with an old loyal friend that will get rewarding results.
The Sun (2011)
Find time for a loyal friend who feels left out of your life.
The Sun (2008)
I imagine he has a great sense of humour and is a loyal friend.
The Sun (2013)
mutual friend
A mutual friend will introduce you to that gorgeous person you know by sight.
The Sun (2008)
We are in our forties and met through a mutual friend six months ago.
The Sun (2014)
We were introduced at a party by a mutual friend in his thirties.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
old friend
The explanation may well lie with our old friend the national accounting rules.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
My public-speaking voice is an old friend.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As a matter of fact, ACC McLaughlin's an old friend of mine.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)
The fact that she was an old friend was such an amazing coincidence.
The Sun (2008)
An old friend saved my bacon by warning me not to attempt to return from Australia without first opening a bank account.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
supportive friend
At work, a former rival can become a supportive friend because deep down you are very alike.
The Sun
The moon focuses on your wellbeing chart so sharing a fitness project with a supportive friend ensures success.
The Sun
By all means be his supportive friend - but look elsewhere for love.
The Sun
Work-wise, someone you have never been totally sure of turns out to be a supportive friend.
The Sun
At work, someone who can be difficult turns into a supportive friend.
The Sun
true friend
You understand what others need, making you a true friend.
The Sun (2014)
The truest friends are the ones who identify what would actually help us, and sincerely offer it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Lots of people will want to get to know you much better but don't neglect your true friends.
The Sun (2011)
university friend
The dad of a university friend of mine owned a restaurant, and he took her and me to a fancy eatery about once a month.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
Her university friends first exposed her to contemporary art.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I was out one night with some of my old university friends.
The Sun (2015)
visit a friend
If you start the weekend single, love opens the door when you visit a friend.
The Sun
She came here to visit a friend and then ended up staying for three months.
The Sun
I am not even allowed to visit my friend in the next town.
The Sun
I go to the hospital to visit a friend.
Christianity Today
I've done f*** all today other than jazz lesson and visit a friend.
Times, Sunday Times
well-meaning friend
I'll say it to the well-meaning friend.
Christianity Today
Quietly getting the financial facts for yourself works much better than listening to the contradictory advice of well-meaning friends.
The Sun
Medics fear well-meaning friends may have taken food into him because he was hungry.
The Sun
You think you know best about everything so when well-meaning friends give advice, you'll hit the roof.
The Sun
We were heartbroken by well-meaning friends who pledged to do something and didn't follow through.
Christianity Today
Translations:
Chinese: 朋友
Japanese: 友だち
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