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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary friend·ship DATE before 12th century 1. the state of being friends 2. the quality or state of being friendly : friendliness 3. obsolete : aid English Etymology friendship O.E. freondscipe; see friend + -ship. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ friendship friend·ship / 5frendFip / noun1. [C] ~ (with sb) | ~ (between A and B) a relationship between friends 友谊；朋友关系: a close / lasting / lifelong friendship 亲密的/持久的/终生的友谊 friendships formed while she was at college 她在大学时建立的友谊 He seemed to have already struck up (= begun) a friendship with Jo. 他似乎已经开始和乔交朋友了。 2. [U] the feeling or relationship that friends have; the state of being friends 友情；友谊；友好: Your friendship is very important to me. 你的友情对我非常重要。 a conference to promote international friendship 促进国际友好关系的会议 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English friendship noun ADJ. beautiful, close, intimate, deep, firm, great, warm Their quarrel meant the end of a beautiful friendship. They formed a close friendship at university. | innocent Their affair had started out as an innocent friendship. | eternal, lasting, lifelong, long, long-standing They made vows of eternal friendship to each other. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendships. VERB + FRIENDSHIP develop, establish, form, make, start up, strike up He finds it difficult to make lasting friendships. Jo struck up a friendship with a girl on her course. | cement We cemented our friendship with a meal and a few drinks. | cultivate He's keen on cultivating his friendship with the Edwards family. | promote The aim of the culture festival is to promote friendship between the two countries. | renew It will be a pleasure to renew our friendship. | destroy, spoil, wreck How can you let such a silly incident wreck your friendship? | betray He betrayed our friendship by revealing my secret to his cousin. FRIENDSHIP + VERB develop Friendships need time to develop. PREP. ~ between He was jealous of the friendship between his wife and daughters. | ~ with Her mother did not approve of her friendship with Ahmed. PHRASES bonds/ties of friendship The ties of friendship between us will never be broken. | the hand of friendship The president extended the hand of friendship towards the country's former enemy. | a gesture of friendship In a gesture of friendship, the president invited his former enemies to a reception. | an offer of friendship She offended them by turning down their offer of friendship. | a spirit of friendship We hope the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries will remain strong. | a token of your friendship Please accept this gift as a token of our friendship. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: GOODWILL 1, amity, benevolence, comity, friendliness, kindliness Related Words: affinity, attraction; empathy; accord, concord, consonance, harmony; alliance, coalition, federation, fusion, league Contrasted Words: antagonism, antipathy, hostility, rancor; hate Antonyms: animosity Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged friend·ship \ˈfren(d)ˌship, -nˌchip\ noun Etymology: Middle English frendship, from Old English frēondscipe, from frēond friend + -scipe -ship 1. a. : the state of being friends < the two men valued their long-standing friendship > : the state of being in a friendly relationship < the two countries made enough concessions to each other so that their friendship was not endangered by the crisis > b. : the state of being a friend < the man valued his neighbor's friendship > 2. : friendly feeling : friendliness < felt encouraged by the friendship his fellow employees showed him > 3. obsolete : aid , help , assistance |
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