| 单词 | intimacy |
| 释义 | intimacy (ɪntɪməsi ) Word forms: intimacies 1. uncountable noun Intimacy between two people is a very close personal relationship between them. ...a means of achieving intimacy with another person. [+ with] Synonyms: familiarity, closeness, understanding, confidence 2. uncountable noun People sometimes use intimacy to refer to sex or a sexual relationship. The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with anyone. [+ with] Synonyms: sexual intercourse, sex [informal], lovemaking, the other [informal] 3. countable noun [usually plural] Intimacies are things that you say or do to someone you have a very close personal relationship with. ...the intimacies of a love scene. Collocations: degree of intimacy More importantly, the venue's cavernous acoustics sabotaged her initial attempts to generate any degree of intimacy. Times, Sunday Times She felt that the big screens helped to create a surprising degree of intimacy. Times, Sunday Times I meet a significant clutch who view online sharing with disdain: early adopters who have 'gone back to text and e-mail' for the selectivity and degree of intimacy it entails. Times, Sunday Times The first, second and maybe even the third time, depending on previous experience, your degree of intimacy with them, the frequency and nature of your behaviour, they'll forgive you. Times,Sunday Times The two services, which once treated each other with disdain, now work together with a surprising degree of intimacy. Times, Sunday Times His unhappy childhood has left him incapable of emotional intimacy. The Sun (2013) Work on rebuilding emotional intimacy, being friends again. The Sun (2015) This doesn't mean losing emotional intimacy with your husband or wife. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It's equally important for couples to continue some form of physical intimacy through illness. Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990) Look for other ways to share physical intimacy and comfort without putting pressure on him. The Sun (2012) Avoiding further commitment as well as physical intimacy could be signs he is withdrawing from the relationship. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 亲密 Japanese: 親密 |
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