英:[ˈfrendləs]
美:[ ˈfrendləs]
英:[ˈfrendləs]
美:[ ˈfrendləs]
词根:friend
adj.friendly 友好的;亲切的;支持的;融洽的,和睦的
adv.friendly 友善地;温和地
n.friend 朋友;助手;赞助者
friendliness 友谊;亲切;亲密
noun
one attached to another by affection or esteem
She's my best friend.
acquaintance
one that is not hostile
Is he a friend or an enemy?
one that is of the same nation, party, or group
showbiz friends
one that favors or promotes something (such as a charity) The friends of the library will host a fund-raiser.
this trend has alarmed friends of the liberal arts—Raymond Walters
a favored companion
Friend a member of a Christian sect that stresses Inner Light, rejects sacraments and an ordained ministry, and opposes war called alsoQuaker
a person included in a list of one's designated connections (see connection entry 3) on a social media service
A 2012 study found that 57 percent of couples stay Facebook friends after a breakup …—Caitlin Dewey
verb
transitive verb
to act as the friend of : befriend
to include (someone) in one's list of designated friends on a social media service For me, Facebook is about staying in touch with people I care about. … But my kids see it differently, as a more casual connection. Hence, my son, who recently turned 21, has 1,000-plus friends. He has apparently friended everyone on God's green earth except his mother.—Bella English
I became more discerning with who I friended on social media.—Victoria Song
古英语 freondleas “无朋友的”,也指“孤儿”,作为名词时指“逃犯”; 参见 friend (n.)和 -less。相关词汇: Friendlessly; friendlessness。
Noun and Verb Middle English frend, from Old English frēond; akin to Old High German friunt friend, Old English frēon to love, frēo free
The first known use of friend was before the 12th century
friendshipnoun
the state of being friends
friend1 of 2noun
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
a person who is not an enemy
are you friend or foe
a person who aids or favors something
capitalized a member of a Christian group that stresses Inner Light, rejects sacraments and an ordained ministry, and opposes war
friend2 of 2verb
to act as the friend of : befriend
to include (a name) in a list of designated friends on one's social networking site
friendly1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or right for a friend: as
showing kindly interest and goodwill
a friendly gesture
not hostile
friendly neighbors
helpful, favorable
a friendly breeze
bringing comfort or cheer
the friendly glow of the fire
accommodating, compatible—often used in combinationa kid-friendly restaurant
environmentally friendly packaging
friendly2 of 2noun
a person who is friendly or cooperative
friend1 of 2noun
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
a person who is not an enemy
are you friend or foe
a person who aids or favors something
capitalized a member of a Christian group that stresses Inner Light, rejects sacraments and an ordained ministry, and opposes war
friend2 of 2verb
to act as the friend of : befriend
to include (a name) in a list of designated friends on one's social networking site
1 Its heroine, Keiko, is 36, essentially friendless, a virgin and contented.
2 It’s not just that she has ended the season where she started the series—lonely, friendless, and out of a job.
3 We met in homeroom on the first day of middle school, both new and friendless, having just left the womb of elementary school.
4 I was settling into a new routine in this town, and my anxieties about being friendless at school were beginning to fade.
5 The first day of camp, friendless and waiting.
6 However she also wrote that motherhood had initially left her "friendless" and "alienated and abandoned".
7 There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.
没有一个人比找到一个以逆耳的忠言相告的真诚朋友的人更没有朋友的了。
8 I’m terrified of being ‘outed’ to my colleagues and relatives as friendless – and I don’t keep any social media accounts because of this fear.
9 Not unlike many of his characters, Mr. Green says that he was an outcast among his peers as a boy in Orlando, Fla. “Growing up I was, at least at school, mostly friendless,” he said.
10 The isolation of quarantine is compared to everything from living in wartime or as a refugee to being friendless at work.
11 Like a James Bond character gone to seed, he’s sleazy, alcoholic and friendless, suffering panic attacks that put his livelihood and life at risk.
12 In “The Sbarro Incident,” he goes from being the star of a popular book event to a friendless schlub sitting alone at a pizzeria, as attendees gawk through the window at him.
13 Callum, recently arrived in Glasgow, is jobless, homeless, friendless, and suffering from culture shock.
卡勒姆初到格拉斯哥,没有工作,无家可归,无人倾诉,在文化冲击中挣扎。
14 Red wants to comfort and help the friendless child, remembering the prejudice encountered by the tree’s first wisher, an immigrant Irish girl in the mid-1800s.
15 “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
16 My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter evenings which are interrupted only by an occasional visit to the local cinema —— virtually the only form of entertainment.
我的朋友没提到那漫长而寂寞的隆冬寒夜,而打破这寒夜寂寞的只有偶尔去当地电影院看看电影——实际上此乃唯一的娱乐形式.
17 So friendless that he didn’t know any better.
18 When we first meet our heroine, a soft-spoken but resilient 40-something, she’s friendless and taken for granted by just about everyone, which the director Anthony Chen subtly links to her immigrant status.
19 Mr. Clinton added that he was worried he would attract no followers, saying, “There’s nothing worse than a friendless tweeter, right?”
20 We redeemed the neglect afterwards; but its beginning was as friendless as its end is likely to be.
后来我们补偿了这个疏忽!但是她刚出世时所遭遇的无依无靠和她的最后结局说不定将是一样的。
1 孤独
single alone lonely solitary desolate forlorn forsaken lorn solitarily wilderness isolation loneliness solitude
2 没有朋友的