单词 | rapport |
释义 | rapport (once / 5618 pages) n Rapport is a good sense of understanding and trust. If you have good rapport with your neighbors, they won't mind if you kick your ball onto their property every now and then. If you have rapport with someone, you two communicate with trust and sympathy. The word is often used to mean good interaction between people in different positions or roles such as parent and teacher, teacher and student, doctor and patient, supervisor and worker, or speaker and audience. It is always important to establish rapport with people you come into contact with regularly. Pronounce this borrowed word from the French ra-POOR. WORD FAMILYrapport: rapports USAGE EXAMPLESMothers and daughters who watched them on Oprah saw a mutuality in their regard for one another, and reconciliation in their rapport. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) When you’re working with kids, you usually spend time with them beforehand building up rapport. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) “A Whole Foods shopper will not shop anywhere else, because they’ve established a rapport with the guy who cuts their meat.” The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) n a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people Syn|Hyper resonance affinity, kinship a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character |
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