1. | 朋友；友人a person you know well and like, and who is not usually a member of your family |
This is my friend Tom. 这是我的朋友汤姆。 | |
Is he a friend of yours ? 他是你的朋友吗？ | |
She's an old friend(= I have known her a long time) . 她是我的老朋友。 | |
He's one of my best friends . 他是我最要好的朋友之一。 | |
a close/good friend 密友；好友 | |
a childhood/family/lifelong friend 儿时╱家庭╱终生朋友 | |
I heard about it through a friend of a friend . 我通过朋友的朋友听到这事的。 | |
She has a wide circle of friends . 她交游很广。 |
2. | 赞助者；支持者a person who supports an organization, a charity, etc., especially by giving or raising money; a person who supports a particular idea, etc. |
the Friends of St Martin's Hospital 圣马丁医院的赞助者 | |
a friend of democracy 维护民主的人 |
3. | 自己人；同志；同伙；同盟者a person who has the same interests and opinions as yourself, and will help and support you |
You're among friends here─you can speak freely. 这儿都是自己人，有话直说吧。 |
4. | （指做傻事或烦人的事而说话者不认识的人）used to talk about sb you do not know who has done sth silly or annoying |
I wish our friend at the next table would shut up. 但愿我们邻桌那位仁兄闭嘴。 |
5. | （议员间或律师间的一种称呼）朋友，阁下，同人used by a member of parliament to refer to another member of parliament or by a lawyer to refer to another lawyer in a court of law |
my honourable friend , the member for Henley(= in the House of Commons) 我尊敬的朋友亨利区议员（下院用语） | |
my noble friend(= in the House of Lords) 我尊贵的朋友（上院用语） | |
my learned friend(= in a court of law) 我博学的同人（法庭用语） |
6. | （新教）公谊会成员a member of the Society of Friends |
