| 英语单词 | familiarity |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [fəˌmɪli'ærəti] 美 [fəˌmɪli'ærəti] |
| 中文释义 | n.亲密;熟悉;精通;不拘礼节 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Hurstwood naturally abandoned his show of fine manners with her and modified his attitude to one of easy familiarity. (2) Familiarity with food and beverage cost controls. (3) Too much familiarity breeds contempt. (4) We admire his familiarity with so many languages. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 赫斯渥对她的态度自然不再是彬彬有礼,而是一种随便的亲密态度。 (2) 熟悉食品和饮料的成本控制。 (3) 过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 (4) 我们敬佩他精通那么多种语言。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Familiarity is the state of knowing something very well. It's also a casual way of behaving. Your familiarity with your best friend means that you can say whatever you want around her. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Familiarity is from the Latin word familiaritatem for "intimacy, friendship.” Familiarity is used in situations that people know well. A painter has a familiarity with brushes and canvas. When there’s familiarity with a task, people aren’t stressed, because they’ve done it before. This word also refers to a casual way of acting: if you hug someone, it shows familiarity. That kind of familiarity is the opposite of aloofness and formality. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [PHRASE 短语]See also:familiar ;亲密生嫌隙;亲不敬,熟生蔑 Familiarity is used especially in the expression familiarity breeds contempt to say that if you know a person or situation very well, you can easily lose respect for that person or become careless in that situation. [V inflects]
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