friend的中文意

• 0 a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

  • She's my best/oldest/closest friend - we've known each other since we were five. 她是我最要好／交情最久／最親密的朋友——我們五歲的時候就認識了。

  • He's a family friend/friend of the family. 他是全家人的朋友。

  • This restaurant was recommended to me by a friend of mine. 這間餐廳是我的一個朋友給我推薦的。

  • We've been friends for years. 我們已是多年的朋友了。

  • José and Pilar are (good) friends of ours. 何塞和皮拉爾是我們的（好）朋友。

  • We're (good) friends with José and Pilar. 我們和何塞、皮拉爾是（好）朋友。

  • She said that she and Peter were just (good) friends (= they were not having a sexual relationship). 她說自己和彼得只是（好）朋友而已。

  • I've made a lot of friends in this job. 我從事這份工作結交了很多朋友。

  • He finds it difficult to make friends. 他發現交朋友很難。

  • You don't have to pretend any more - you're among friends now. 你不用再裝了——現在大家都是自己人。

• 1 someone who gives money to an arts organization or charity in order to support it

  • The Friends of the Royal Academy raised £10,000 towards the cost of the exhibition. 皇家藝術學院之友爲此次展覽籌集了一萬英鎊。

• 2 to invite someone to be your friend on a social networking website

  • I friended her and sent her a message. 我要求成為她的朋友並給她發了短信。

• 3 a Quaker