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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]友善的;友好的;好相处的 If someone is
friendly, they behave in a pleasant, kind way, and like to be with other people.
Godfrey had been friendly to me.
戈弗雷一度对我很友善。
...a man with a pleasant, friendly face...
面容和蔼可亲的男子
Robert has a friendly relationship with his customers.
罗伯特和他的客户之间关系处得很好。
...a friendly atmosphere...
友好的气氛
Your cat isn't very friendly.
你的猫不太友好。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]朋友(般)的;要好的 If you are
friendly with someone, you like each other and enjoy spending time together.
I'm friendly with his mother...
我和他母亲很要好。
Asmus became friendly with a number of writers and appeared in print as a literary critic.
阿斯穆斯和许多作家成为了好友,而且还作为一名文学评论家出现在报纸上。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]盟友的;友邦的 You can describe another country or their government as
friendly when they have good relations with your own country rather than being an enemy.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]友谊赛 In sport, a
friendly is a match which is not part of a competition, and is played for entertainment or practice, often without any serious effort to win.
in AM, use 美国英语用exhibition game
Usage Note :
Do not confuse friendly and sympathetic. A person who is friendly or has a friendly attitude is kind and pleasant and behaves the way a friend would. …a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea. …a pleasant, friendly smile. If you have a problem and someone is sympathetic or shows a sympathetic attitude, they show that they care and would like to help you. My boyfriend was very sympathetic. Note that people sometimes refer to characters in a play or novel who are easy to like as sympathetic.There were no sympathetic characters in my book. You usually say that real people are 'nice' or 'likable'.
不要混淆friendly 和 sympathetic。friendly 指人或人的态度友善、令人愉快、如朋友一般:a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea (请我吃茶点的友善女人),a pleasant, friendly smile (和蔼可亲的笑容)。用 sympathetic 形容人或人的态度时,表示关心他人的困难并愿意提供帮助:My boyfriend was very sympathetic (我的男朋友富有同情心)。注意,在戏剧或小说中讨人喜欢的人物有时用 sympathetic 来形容:There were no sympathetic characters in my book (我的书中没有讨喜的人物)。形容生活中的人令人喜爱通常用 nice 或 likable。