单词	familiarity
释义	familiarityfa‧mil‧i‧ar‧i‧ty /fəˌmɪliˈærəti/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It assumed not only a familiarity with Western thought but, as well, a sophistication in reading a theoretically rich argument. The effect, however, is not repetition but familiarity. The warm familiarity was back, and they appeared to find pleasure and amusement in each other's company. These activities bridge the gap in comprehension and familiarity that the interface creates. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► familiarity breeds contempt (=used to say that if you know someone very well, you may respect them less) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► easy · This is the easy familiarity of school children of all ages with the drug culture. VERB► breed · It also ensures that omissions are not made simply because you have dictated the letter so often that familiarity has bred contempt.· The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.· For them, familiarity has bred contempt.· By then we had evolved beyond the comforting comedy of repeated formulas, where familiarity bred content.· I see them every day and familiarity doesn't breed contempt so much as disgust in me.· A major difficulty with such a test is that familiarity may breed tolerance rather than contempt. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► familiarity breeds contempt Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt - among teachers as well as children. The first is that familiarity breeds contempt. The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt. Word family WORD FAMILYnounfamiliarity ≠ unfamiliarityfamilyfamiliarizationadjectivefamiliar ≠ unfamiliarfamilialverbfamiliarizeadverbfamiliarly 1a good knowledge of a particular subject or placefamiliarity with In fact his familiarity with the Bronx was pretty limited.2the quality of being well-known to you:  I miss the familiarity of home.3a relaxed way of speaking to someone or behaving with someone:  He treated her with the easy familiarity of an equal.4familiarity breeds contempt an expression meaning that if you know someone too well, you find out their faults and respect them less
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