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单词 friendship
释义
friendshipfriend‧ship /ˈfrendʃɪp/ ●●○ W3 noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Bernstein's visit to Copland's studio led to a friendship between the two composers.
  • I had no close friendships with other boys at school.
  • In his speech, Irving talked about the importance of friendship and loyalty.
  • Our friendship developed quickly over the weeks that followed.
  • Our marriage is based on friendship, love, and trust.
  • We didn't see each other much during that time, but our friendship remained strong.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • However, I feel sure she values her friendship with me enough to play it our way.
  • Now the woman is hoping to raise over £100,000 by selling souvenirs of her friendship.
  • On the other hand, did he need their friendship enough to risk his safety?
  • Right from childhood, he had recognized that these great beasts had potential for almost limitless friendship and loyalty.
  • Strong friendship takes time to build.
  • The atmosphere is relaxed and convivial and friendships are often forged after dinner in the lounge.
  • Through it all, the ties of friendship prove stronger than wildly varied personal agendas and abject stupidity.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora friendly relationship with someone
· Our marriage is based on friendship, love, and trust.· We didn't see each other much during that time, but our friendship remained strong.friendship with · I had no close friendships with other boys at school.friendship between · Bernstein's visit to Copland's studio led to a friendship between the two composers.
a friendly and comfortable relationship with someone that you enjoy spending time with: · He was lonely and looking for companionship.· Older people often benefit from having a pet for companionship.
to become someone's friend
to start to be someone's friend, especially when you have to make an effort to do this: · Her family moved a lot, and it wasn't always easy to make friends.make friends with: · The children soon made friends with the kids next door.
if two people become friends , they begin to be friends: · They met at an art class and became friends.· I'd known him for years, but we really didn't become friends until high school.
informal if two people hit it off , they immediately become friends when they meet for the first time: · I knew you and Mark would hit it off.· The two men ended up in the same business law class and hit it off immediately.
informal if two people click , they like each other immediately when they first meet, because they have the same ideas or opinions, or laugh at the same things: · We just clicked, and we've been friends ever since.click with: · I never really clicked with my boss, and it made work a little more difficult.
to make friends with someone very quickly, especially if you do it intentionally: · The two women struck up a friendship when they met on holiday.· We met for the first time at a business conference, and we immediately struck up a friendship which has lasted for years.
to be friendly to someone who needs help, for example someone with financial or emotional problems: · His parents befriended some American soldiers who served in Wales during World War II.· It's fairly unusual for high school seniors to befriend freshmen.
also get in with spoken to begin to be friends with a group of people, especially people that other people do not approve of: · He's fallen in with a group of boys I don't like very much.· She used her husband's money and family to get in with a group of Hollywood's social elite.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· Their friendship started after they met at a conference.
· He and Matthew struck up a friendship.
· The two girls soon formed a friendship.
· Friendship often develops on the basis of shared interests.
(=become friends again)· They renewed their friendship after the war.
· Their friendship was spoilt after a fierce argument.
adjectives
· Ron had formed a close relationship with Andrea.
(=one that is strong and not likely to change)· I established a firm friendship with Terence.
· This began a lasting friendship between the two women.
(=one that has existed for a long time)· There is a long-standing friendship between the two countries.
· The two men formed a lifelong friendship.
phrases
(=things that connect friends)· They were united by deep bonds of friendship.
(=an action which shows that someone is a friend)· He invited us to his house as a gesture of friendship.
· He turned down the King's offer of friendship.
(=officially say that you want a friendly relationship)· America extended the hand of friendship, but it was rejected.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· He invited the two men to his house as a gesture of friendship.
· Any offers of help would be appreciated.
(=become friendly with someone again)
· The ties of friendship that unite the two countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Likewise, close friendships sometimes alter when one friend retires - and not the other.· Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.· Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.· Moses, 24, has a close friendship with Keim, 17, who won her first national title.· Gimson was a deeply solitary man with a contradictory need for close male friendships.· But now Joe was more presentable, and he formed a close friendship with both Katharine and Phil Graham.· Eline envied the close friendship the two so obviously enjoyed.· Joe and Chip became acquainted through club functions and developed a close friendship.
· Their deep friendship would be lifelong.· Tracy shows us these friendships subconsciously and shows us a scene of deep friendship.· His personal character is difficult to fathom, but he had a capacity for deep and long-lasting friendships.
· Minton introduced him to Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping with whom he formed a lasting friendship.· I have made lots of lasting friendships along my Guiding road as I have through Medau and think myself lucky.· Above all, however, is the recurring theme of lasting friendship.· Social clubs especially for hard-of-hearing people may create lasting friendships and opportunities for service.· You meet some delightful people and lasting friendships result - being a husband and wife team helps.· There were many crew changes therefore lasting friendships did not have time to mature.
· When it does work, lifelong friendships can be forged with those you might never otherwise have been likely to meet.· Theirs is a complex and lifelong friendship, even when the tumult of the times separates them for many years.· Salisbury spoke-with great emotion, almost in tears-of his lifelong friendship.
· So began my long friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her writing.· Much, if not all, of the tone of our long friendship was set that first night.· That was the start of a long and warm friendship with the Edwards family.· And in the long run the friendships formed in these social situations can be a powerful force in decision making.· The ties have always been close and have become stronger during the long years of friendship and co-operation.· But we had saved the day, and our long friendship.· She and Justine developed a long distance friendship, cemented by immensely long letters on wafer thin paper.
· The Ottoman Empire, meanwhile, sensed the beginning of new friendships.· Because you are also likely to be valuable to your new acquaintances, friendships develop.· Joan and Jack enjoy meeting their guests and many breakfasts stretch into the mid-morning as new friendships are made.· He cherished the new friendships he had made and took pride in the identity he was creating for himself.· They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships.· She planned a party to bring this person together with that one, to celebrate a new friendship.· Yet already they were ungrateful recalcitrant children, escaping from him in all directions, capable of forming new friendships and attachments.· After the bitterness had gone, they forged a new friendship, but the flames of romance were not rekindled.
· This severity of customs was inseparable from the old friendship with Rome.· However, I still have old close friendships as well as blossoming friendships amongst new women friends.· These served to establish claims, to recall old friendship, to jog the memory about old times.· But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships.· He was not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships.· I was forgetting your old friendship with George.· After failing in a rebellion in the hill country, they settled at Delphoi, where they had old family friendships.· Just an old, sentimental friendship.
· It wasn't long before the personal friendship became a working set-up, too.· Army officers whose commissions were based on nothing more than a personal friendship with Santa Anna were relieved of their commands.· Malcolm Wilcox was drawn to Crocker through his personal friendship with its chairman, Thomas Wilcox.· Although from different ends of the political spectrum, Mr Kohl and Mitterrand enjoyed a long-standing and close personal friendship.· Yet throughout the narrative, Prost's awareness of the dividing line between professional respect and personal friendship is firmly evident.
· Small wonder then, that real friendship for them comes from some one who deep down understands what this involves.· But it turned into a real good friendship.· I formed a real friendship with the transvestite man who owned the house where I lived.· Saying goodbye twice: a sign of real friendship.· It is one of the few gestures of real friendship encountered by this lonely man in his long and tormented odyssey.
· That was the start of a long and warm friendship with the Edwards family.· A new home I spent a month at Moor House, in an atmosphere of warm friendship.
NOUN
· Included in the friendship treaty was a defence co-operation agreement, covering material provision for the armed forces and officer training.
VERB
· So began my long friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her writing.· Thus began a friendship that-aside from religion and my own family has been my most enriching life experience.· And so began a friendship that before Ellie knew it had become a courtship.· In her isolation, she began to doubt her friendships.
· She and Justine developed a long distance friendship, cemented by immensely long letters on wafer thin paper.· He developed a friendship with Jack Nicklaus, who asked Mulvoy to co-author his first instructional book.· Personal I am an outgoing, sociable person and make and develop business and ordinary friendships easily.· Rosen has worked politically for Kennedy since his 1980 presidential primary run and developed a close friendship with the senator.· Sean had good relationships with some teachers and as he grew older, he developed more friendships.· Telbis-Preis developed a secret friendship with the diplomats, who would often dote over her young son, Nicolae.· Alvin also developed a lasting friendship with Duvall, with whom he shared a birthdate.· Joe and Chip became acquainted through club functions and developed a close friendship.
· Goodman was always hard up and enjoyed the friendship and generosity of friends such as Francis Bacon who would help him out.· It is evident that many Volunteers enjoy close friendships with some of their students in and outside the classroom.· The Prince could relax, be himself and simply enjoy her friendship.
· What benefits might there be from establishing a friendship with the aliens?· He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since.· They establish transcultural friendships and come not only to accept but to enjoy their experiences.· I never established anything like a friendship with him, but our paths did cross from time to time.· The banter was an excellent sign that the crew were very willing to establish solid cooperation and friendship based on mutual tolerance.
· That bossy controlling outlook also extends to friendships.
· Hardly enough time to forge a friendship before getting down to business.· After the bitterness had gone, they forged a new friendship, but the flames of romance were not rekindled.
· I formed a real friendship with the transvestite man who owned the house where I lived.· But now Joe was more presentable, and he formed a close friendship with both Katharine and Phil Graham.· Minton introduced him to Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping with whom he formed a lasting friendship.· QueequegOne of the harpooners who forms a friendship with Ishmael.· Learning to play with other children and to form close friendships with some of them is a vital part of growing up.· Then as the foal matures, it will form friendships with other horses and develop affection for them too.· She had even formed friendships with the cook and the two maidservants.· But he had not yet formed any firm friendships.
· Why not just keep the friendship going?· She and Laura continued to keep up their friendship through frequent telephone calls and meeting for lunch at least once a month.· Roy knew that Michael kept up a friendship with them.· She kept her friendship with us secret.· We hope you are proud of your university and we hope to keep your friendship as we plan its future.· When they met at parties Nigel continued to keep up a surface friendship.· These days, I only play rock to keep up friendships and meet the new generation.
· Diana later realized that Camilla saw Charles's love of hunting as a conduit to maintaining her own friendship.· And of course we have to maintain friendships with all blocs.· Some wanted to maintain long-term friendships, having known each other from school or college.
· He offered his friendship to no one.· If Sofia ever felt safe enough to offer friendship again, he decided, friendship would be enough for him.
· It also renewed her interrupted friendship with Alix.
· He and Matthew struck up a friendship - they had something in common; their attitude to life.· At that time Worsley, who is married to Moody, had also struck up a friendship with Nance.· Alone and friendless, she had struck up a casual friendship with Dermot as he showed her Dublin.· Peggy and James strike up a friendship.· Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship.· He appeared to have struck up a useful friendship with the minister for industry, Sean McEntee, among others.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • I will not presume upon your friendship any further.
  • At that time Worsley, who is married to Moody, had also struck up a friendship with Nance.
  • Besides, Anna had struck up a conversation with a young girl who'd been swimming in the pool.
  • Demonstrators will attempt to surround the police, strike up conversations and present them with letters.
  • Eleanor wrote back wittily and they struck up a friendship.
  • He struck up a conversation, first asking his name.
  • He and Matthew struck up a friendship - they had something in common; their attitude to life.
  • Others prefer to strike up a conversation with table mates.
  • Peggy and James strike up a friendship.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounfriendfriendlinessfriendshipfriendlyadjectivefriendly ≠ unfriendlyfriendlessverbbefriend
1[countable] a relationship between friendsfriendship between The friendship between father and youth deepened.friendship with his friendship with Sam her close friendship with her aunt a lifelong friendship The two boys formed a deep and lasting friendship. He and Bob struck up a friendship (=began to be friends).2[uncountable] the feelings and behaviour that exist between friends:  I could always rely on Gary for friendship and support. The Indians have extended the hand of friendship (=shown that they want to be friends with another country).COLLOCATIONSverbsstart a friendship· Their friendship started after they met at a conference.strike up a friendship· He and Matthew struck up a friendship.form a friendship· The two girls soon formed a friendship.a friendship develops· Friendship often develops on the basis of shared interests.renew a friendship (=become friends again)· They renewed their friendship after the war.destroy/spoil a friendship· Their friendship was spoilt after a fierce argument.adjectivesa close friendship· Ron had formed a close relationship with Andrea.a firm friendship (=one that is strong and not likely to change)· I established a firm friendship with Terence.a lasting friendship· This began a lasting friendship between the two women.a long-standing friendship (=one that has existed for a long time)· There is a long-standing friendship between the two countries.a lifelong friendship· The two men formed a lifelong friendship.phrasesbonds/ties of friendship (=things that connect friends)· They were united by deep bonds of friendship.a gesture of friendship (=an action which shows that someone is a friend)· He invited us to his house as a gesture of friendship.an offer of friendship· He turned down the King's offer of friendship.offer/extend the hand of friendship (=officially say that you want a friendly relationship)· America extended the hand of friendship, but it was rejected.
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