| 单词 | familiarity |
| 释义 | familiarity (once / 754 pages) n Familiarity is the state of knowing something very well. It's also a casual way of behaving. Your familiarity with your best friend means that you can say whatever you want around her. Familiarity is from the Latin word familiaritatem for "intimacy, friendship.” Familiarity is used in situations that people know well. A painter has a familiarity with brushes and canvas. When there’s familiarity with a task, people aren’t stressed, because they’ve done it before. This word also refers to a casual way of acting: if you hug someone, it shows familiarity. That kind of familiarity is the opposite of aloofness and formality. WORD FAMILYfamiliarity: familiarities+/familiar: familiarise, familiarity, familiarize, familiarly, familiars, overfamiliar, unfamiliar/familiarise: familiarisation, familiarised, familiarises, familiarising/familiarize: familiarization, familiarized, familiarizes, familiarizing/unfamiliar: unfamiliarity, unfamiliarly/unfamiliarity: unfamiliarities USAGE EXAMPLESCritics on social media said her tweets appeared to reflect lack of familiarity with Twitter and a willingness to cooperate with China’s state-controlled media. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) When those pieces are freshmen, there isn’t even some measure of familiarity from a previous season to fall back upon. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He said he always expects the best from Dolphins because of their familiarity with them. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n personal knowledge or information about someone or something Syn|Hyper acquaintance, conversance, conversancy information knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction 2n usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known Ant|Hyper strangeness, unfamiliarity unusualness as a consequence of not being well known usualness commonness by virtue of not being unusual 3n close or warm friendship Syn|Hyper closeness, intimacy friendliness a friendly disposition 4n an act of undue intimacy Syn|Hyper impropriety, indecorum, liberty misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed improper or wicked or immoral behavior 5n a casual manner Syn|Hypo|Hyper casualness slanginess casualness in use of language informality a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously |
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