| 单词 | companionship |
| 释义 | companionship (once / 745 pages) n Companionship is when you feel a sense of closeness being with another person. Your grandmother's companionship with her best friend might keep her feeling young and happy. You probably experience companionship with your best friend or romantic partner, or maybe even with your siblings. A feeling of fellowship or togetherness is companionship — it's one of the reasons people get married or seek out like-minded friends. The word comes from companion, from the Old French compagnon, "fellow, mate, or friend," rooted in the Late Latin companionem, or "bread fellow," combining com, "with," and panis, "bread." WORD FAMILYcompanionship: companionships+/companion: companionable, companioned, companioning, companions, companionship/companionable: companionability, companionableness, companionably USAGE EXAMPLESThere is much good companionship available there, but she mostly chooses to dine alone and to be by herself. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) And just as the hodgepodge music format called for personal guidance, listeners driving for six days on the road needed companionship. Wall Street Journal(Dec 16, 2016) Wednesdays, and the monthly Alzheimer’s Café at Frye Café, providing companionship, food and music for people living with dementia, their care partners, family and friends. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) n the state of being with someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper company, fellowship, society freemasonry a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests friendly relationship, friendship the state of being friends (or friendly) |
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