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单词 familiarity
释义 fa·mil·iar·i·ty
\fəˌmilˈyarəd.ē, -lēˈ(y)ar-, -lə̇ˈyar-, -rətē-, -i also -(y)er-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English familiarite, from Old French familiarité, from Latin familiaritat-, familiaritas, from familiaris + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
 a. : a state of close personal relationship : intimacy
  < they never exposed their idolatry to the test of domestic familiarity — G.B.Shaw >
 b. obsolete : a circle of intimate friends or relatives
  < leaving of parents or other familiarity — John Milton >
2.
 a. : absence of ceremony : informality
  < began to treat him first with familiarity and then with contumely — Robert Graves >
 b. : an overly informal act or expression : impropriety
  < employs insulting familiaritiesNew Republic >
 c. : sexual intimacy
  < she is unwise enough to permit affectionate familiarities when she is with boys — Valeria H. Parker >
3. : close acquaintance with or knowledge of something
 < familiarity with the forces in the world which tend to define our policies — W.A.Parker >
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