Acquaintance 熟人
Buddy 男性朋友
close friend親密朋友
Mate 伙伴
Pal 好朋友
Partner 同居者;合作伙伴
Roommate 室友
workmate 工友
colleague 同事
Get to know逐漸認(rèn)識
You'll like her once you get to know her.
你一旦開始了解她,就會(huì)喜歡她的。
Get on/along well相處很好
Did you get on well with each other?
你們之間相處的融洽嗎?
Hang out閑逛
I usually hang out around here with my friends.
我經(jīng)常和我朋友在附近閑逛。
Hold a grudge記仇
It's better to forgive and forget rather than to hold a grudge.
與其懷有宿怨不如去寬恕和釋懷。
Conversation:
A: How are you doing, Andrew?
你最近怎么樣,安德魯?
B: Not well. I've been feeling pretty lonely lately.
不怎么樣,我最近覺得特別孤單。
A: But you have so many friends, how could you be lonely?
可是你有那么多的朋友,怎么會(huì)孤單呢?
B: You know what they say, "a friend to all is a friend to none". I don't feel like I really know any of my friends. In fact, I should probably call them acquaintances, not friends.
你知道有句俗話是這么說的,“交滿交友滿天下,知心無一人”。我覺得我對自己的朋友,其實(shí)哪一個(gè)都不了解。坦白說,我不該管他們叫朋友啊,應(yīng)該是叫熟人。
A: What about me? I'm your friend.
那我什么呢?我是你的朋友呀。
B: I know you are. But you're my girlfriend. I wish I had a guy friend to hang out with sometimes.
我知道你是可是。你是我女性朋友。我希望自己能有個(gè)男性朋友,有時(shí)候可以混在一起消磨時(shí)間的那種。
A: I know what you mean. I find it difficult to make new friends too. It's not as easy as it was when we were young, is it?
我懂你的意思。我也覺得這叫新朋友不是件容易的事,不像我們年輕的時(shí)候那么容易了,對吧?
B: Yes.
是的。
A: I've made a lot of new friends since I started learning English. Maybe you could join a club or take a class to make some new friends.
我開始學(xué)英語以后認(rèn)識了不少新朋友。如果你去參加個(gè)俱樂部或者報(bào)個(gè)班,也許能認(rèn)識新朋友。
B: That's a good idea.
這個(gè)主意不錯(cuò)。
A: What kind of qualities do you look for in a friend?
你希望找到的朋友有什么樣的品質(zhì)?
B: I'm not sure. I guess I'd like to meet some people who have a positive attitude.
我也說不好,我想我希望能認(rèn)識一些有積極人生態(tài)度的人。