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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？ Jane's a friend of the family. 简是家里的朋友。 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。 a close/good/dear friend 亲密的/好的/亲爱的朋友 a childhood/family/longtime friend 童年/家庭/老朋友 We've been friends for years. 我们是多年的朋友了。 They had a quarrel, but they're friends again now. 他们吵过架，不过现在又和好了。 to become/remain friends 成为/保持朋友 - as a friend
I'm asking you as a friend not to tell anyone. 我以朋友的身份请求你不要告诉任何人。 She wanted to share the news with family and friends. 她想和家人和朋友分享这个消息。 She has a wide circle of friends. 她交游很广。 I heard about it through a friend of a friend. 我通过朋友的朋友听到这事的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1We met at school and became lifelong friends. 我们是在学校认识的，成了一辈子的朋友。 My ideal Saturday night is dinner with friends. 我理想的周六晚上是和朋友一起吃饭。 We invited friends and neighbours to celebrate with us. 我们邀请朋友和邻居和我们一起庆祝。 I hope we can remain friends. 我希望我们能继续做朋友。 She's gone out to meet friends. 她出去见朋友了。 I saw her out with a group of friends. 我看见她和一群朋友出去了。 Tom is travelling/traveling with some friends from university. 汤姆正和几个大学朋友一起旅行。 Paul and Sue are family friends—I've known them all my life. 保罗和苏是世交——我认识他们一辈子了。 Why don't you ask your friends at work to help? 为什么不找工作上的朋友帮忙？ If you like our products, tell your friends. 如果你喜欢我们的产品，告诉你的朋友。 We're visiting friends this weekend. 这个周末我们要去拜访朋友。 He's gone to stay with a friend in London. 他去伦敦和一个朋友住在一起了。 He has a lot of friends. 他有很多朋友。 Does your sister have any single friends? 你姐姐有单身朋友吗？ Even his own friends don't believe him. 连他自己的朋友都不相信他。 He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend. 最后一次有人看见他是和一个女性朋友一起离开餐馆。 He asked a few of his male friends what they thought. 他问了几个男性朋友的想法。 Can I bring a friend? 我能带个朋友过来吗？ She's lost friends because of her brutal honesty. 她因极其诚实而失去了朋友。 He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that. 如果他继续那样说话，就不会有什么朋友。 Her best friend at school was called Anna. 她在学校最好的朋友叫安娜。 He married his old school friend. 他和他的老校友结婚了。 I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party. 我只会邀请我最亲密的朋友来参加这次聚会。 It was so relaxing to be among old friends. 和老朋友在一起真放松。 My so-called friends are making fun of me because of my weight. 我那些所谓的朋友因为我太重而取笑我。 We met each other through a mutual friend. 我们是通过一个共同的朋友而认识的。 If you need a friend, just call me. 如果你需要朋友，就给我打电话。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- bosom
- close
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- become
- remain
- stay
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- friend from
- a circle of friends
- a group of friends
- a friend of a friend
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a person you communicate with on social media 朋友；友人 How many friends have you got on Facebook? 你在Facebook上有多少朋友？ Facebook friends 脸书好友
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a person who supports an organization, a charity, etc., especially by giving or raising money; a person who supports a particular idea, etc. 赞助者；支持者 the Friends of St Martin’s Hospital 圣马丁医院的赞助者 a friend of democracy 维护民主的人 Theatre tickets are 10% cheaper for Friends. 《老友记》的电影票便宜10%。
a person who has the same interests and opinions as yourself, and who will help and support you 自己人；同志；同伙；同盟者 His eyes were moving from face to face: friend or foe? 他的眼睛从一张脸转到另一张脸:朋友还是敌人？ - among friends
You're among friends here—you can speak freely. 这儿都是自己人，有话直说吧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best
- bosom
- close
- …
- become
- remain
- stay
- …
- friend from
- a circle of friends
- a group of friends
- a friend of a friend
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- (often ironic)
used to talk about or to somebody that you meet who is not actually a friend （指做傻事或烦人的事而说话者不认识的人） - (in the UK)
used by a member of parliament to refer to another member of parliament or by a lawyer to refer to another lawyer in a court of law （议员间或律师间的一种称呼）朋友，阁下，同人 my honourable friend, the member for Henley (= in the House of Commons) 我尊敬的朋友亨利区议员（下院用语） my noble friend (= in the House of Lords) 我尊贵的朋友（上院用语） my learned friend (= in a court of law) 我博学的同人（法庭用语）
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a member of the Society of Friends （新教）公谊会成员 see also flexible friend
person you like喜欢的人
on the internet
supporter支持者
not enemy不是敌人
person that you meet/speak to
in parliament/court议会；法庭
in religion宗教
Word OriginOld English frēond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by free.
Idioms
be (just) good friends
used to say that two friends are not having a romantic relationship with each other （无恋爱关系）（只）是好朋友 They gradually got to know each other better but they remained just good friends. 他们逐渐加深了对彼此的了解，但他们仍然只是好朋友。
a friend in need (is a friend indeed)
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a friend who gives you help when you need it (is a true friend) 患难的朋友（才是真正的朋友）；患难之交（见真情）
have friends in high places
to know important people who can help you 有位高权重的朋友；有贵人相助 ‘How did he get promoted so quickly?’ ‘Oh, he has friends in high places.’ “他怎么升得这么快，”。“哦，他在高层有朋友，”。
make friends (with somebody)
man’s best friend
a way of describing a dog 人类的好朋友（指狗）