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companion noun
⇨ friend friend noun ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ partner 1 另见partner条第1义friend ♦︎ companion ♦︎ mate ♦︎ buddy ♦︎ pal ♦︎ acquaintance ♦︎ the girls ♦︎ confidant ♦︎ the boys ♦︎ cronyThese are all words for sb that you know well and enjoy spending time with. 这些词均表示朋友、伙伴。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a friend / mate / buddy / pal of mine / yours / his / hers / ours / theirs / my mother's / Diana's, etc.◆an old friend / mate / buddy / pal / acquaintance◆a / sb's close friend / companion / pal / acquaintance◆a / sb's good friend / companion / mate / buddy / pal◆a / sb's loyal friend / companion / mate / pal◆sb's best friend / mate / buddy / pal◆a real / true friend / mate / pal◆a drinking companion / buddy / pal◆to become friends / mates / buddies / pals◆to have friends / mates / buddies / pals / acquaintances◆a night out with the girls / boys◆sb's friend and companion / confidant■ friend [countable] a person you know well and like, and who is not usually a member of your family 朋友；友人◆This is my friend Tom.这是我的朋友汤姆。◆Is he a friend of yours?他是你的朋友吗？◆She's an old friend (= I have known her a long time).她是我的老朋友。◆He's one of my best friends.他是我最要好的朋友之一。◆I heard about it through a friend of a friend.我通过朋友的朋友得知了这事。◆She has a wide circle of friends.她交游很广。◆He finds it difficult to make friends.他感到很难交到朋友。◆a childhood / family / lifelong friend儿时／家庭／终生朋友 see also friendship ⇨ friendship ■ companion / /kəmˈpæniən/ / [countable] a person who has similar tastes and interests to your own and whose company you enjoy; a person or animal that travels with you or spends a lot of time with you （爱好、志趣相投的）伙伴，同伴；旅伴；伴侣◆His younger brother is not much of a companion for him.他的弟弟和他志趣不太相投。◆He was an entertaining travelling companion.他是个令人愉快的旅伴。◆Jeff was my companion on the journey.杰夫是我的旅伴。 see also companionship ⇨ friendship ■ mate [countable] (BrE, informal) a friend 朋友；伙伴◆They've been best mates ever since they were at school together.他们从一起上学时起就是最要好的朋友。◆I was with a mate.我当时和一个朋友在一起。■ buddy [countable] (informal, NAmE) a friend 朋友；伙伴◆I'd like you to meet an old college buddy of mine.我想介绍你认识我的一个大学好友。◆Howard and Mick were drinking buddies (= they went out drinking together).霍华德和米克是酒友。■ pal [countable] (informal, old-fashioned) a friend 朋友；伙伴；哥们儿◆We've been pals for years.我们是多年的哥们儿了。◆Thanks－you're a real pal.谢了，你真够哥们儿。NOTE 辨析 Mate, buddy or pal? Mate is used in informal British English and buddy in informal American English. They are both also used by men as an informal friendly way of addressing another man. * mate用于非正式英式英语，buddy用于非正式美式英语。这两个词又都是男人之间友好随便的称呼语◆Sorry mate, you'll have to wait.对不起，老兄，你得等会儿。◆'Where to, buddy?' the driver asked.“去哪儿，朋友？”司机问道。 Pal is both British and American English but is now old-fashioned except when used as a form of address; however, when pal is used in this way, it is unfriendly. * pal在英式和美式英语中均可使用，但现在除了用作称呼外已属过时的用法。不过用pal称呼人是不友好的◆If I were you, pal, I'd stay away from her!我要是你呀，小子，我就离她远远的！ ■ acquaintance / /əˈkweɪntəns/ / [countable] a person that you know but who is not a close friend 认识的人；泛泛之交；熟人◆Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.克莱尔交游很广。◆I don't know him socially, he's just a business acquaintance.我和他没有私交，他只是我业务上认识的人。◆I bumped into an old acquaintance on the train.我在火车上碰见一个老熟人。 see also acquaintance ⇨ friendship , make sb's acquaintance ⇨ meet 3 ■ the girls [plural] a woman's female friends （女子的）女伴，女友◆I'm having a night out with the girls.我今晚要和女友们外出。■ confidant /ˈkɒnfɪdænt, ˌkɒnfɪˈdɑːnt; NAmE ˈkɑːnfɪdænt/ [countable] a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things （可吐露秘密的）知己，密友◆He was a trusted confidant of the President.他是总统的亲信。ⓘ A confidant can be male or female. If a confidant is female you can also spell it confidante. Both words are used and pronounced in the same way. * confidant指男女均可。若是女性，亦可拼作confidante。两个词的用法和读音均相同。■ the boys [plural] (informal) a group of male friends who often go out together （常一起外出消遣的）一帮哥们儿◆Are you free tomorrow? How about a night out with the boys?你明天有空吗？和兄弟们出去玩上一晚怎么样？■ crony /ˈkrəʊni; NAmE ˈkroʊni/ [countable, usually plural] (often disapproving) a person that sb spends a lot of time with 好友；酒肉朋友◆He was playing cards with his cronies.他当时正与他那些狐朋狗友玩牌。ⓘ Crony is used to talk in a disapproving or humorous way about other people's friends, not your own. * crony指别人而非自己的朋友，含贬义，或属幽默用法。 |