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单词 befriend
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befriend

(bɪfrend)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense befriends, present participle befriending, past tense, past participle befriended
verb
If you befriend someone, especially someone who is lonely or far from home, you make friends with them.
The film's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her. [VERB noun]
On the aeroplane I was befriended by a delightful German woman. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: make friends with, back, help, support More Synonyms of befriend

befriend in British English

(bɪˈfrɛnd)
verb
(transitive)
to be a friend to; assist; favour

befriend in American English

(biˈfrɛnd; bɪˈfrɛnd)
verb transitive
to act as a friend to; help

Examples of 'befriend' in a sentence
befriend

An attorney befriended a woman and her three daughters who lived in his neighborhood.
Christianity Today (2000)
He also befriends a few of his fellow tourists.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
We are looking for ways to befriend our new neighbours.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Not the best way to befriend your new neighbours.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The web conmen also befriend players online and trick them into volunteering personal details which can be used to access accounts.
The Sun (2011)
He befriended this 48-year-old woman on the internet.
The Sun (2010)
During a night out before a match, players befriended the woman in a bar.
The Sun (2008)
We also befriended a local compost supplier, a music producer and a writer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She befriends her neighbours, wears a hijab and goes to the mosque.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He befriended like-minded young men and soon they were forming groups.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He retired from the police in 2013 and become a criminology lecturer at a university where he befriended the vulnerable woman.
The Sun (2015)
He has also been befriended by hundreds of wellwishers from India and Nepal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Jurors heard the actor, now a nightclub party organiser, had befriended the young woman four months earlier.
The Sun (2006)
Age UK also run a befriending service, providing companionship and conversation for the lonely elderly.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
befriend

British English: befriend VERB
If you befriend someone, you make friends with them.
The film's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her.
  • American English: befriend
  • Brazilian Portuguese: fazer amizade com
  • Chinese: 和…交朋友
  • European Spanish: ofrecer amistad a
  • French: se lier d'amitié avec
  • German: sich annehmen
  • Italian: fare amicizia con
  • Japanese: の友となる
  • Korean: 친구가 되다
  • European Portuguese: fazer amizade com
  • Latin American Spanish: ofrecer amistad a

(verb) 
Definition
to become a friend to
It's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her.
Synonyms
make friends with
back
He is backed by the civic movement.
help
If you're not willing to help me, I'll find somebody who will.
support
He supported the hardworking people.
benefit
a variety of government schemes benefiting children
aid
a software system to aid managers in decision-making
encourage
Their task is to encourage private investment in Russia.
welcome
favour
Circumstances favoured them.
advise
sustain
I am sustained by letters of support.
assist
They decided to assist me with my chores.
stand by
uphold
upholding the artist's right to creative freedom
side with
patronize
Some believe it is not the job of the government to patronize the arts.
succour
The money would be used to succour evicted families.
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Nearby words of
befriend

  • befool
  • before
  • beforehand
  • befriend
  • befuddle
  • befuddled
  • beg

Synonyms of 'befriend'

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