2N-PLURAL (与…互为)朋友 If you are friendswith someone, you are their friend and they are yours. (与…互为)朋友
I still wanted to be friends with Alison. [+ with]
我还是想和艾莉森做朋友。
We remained good friends.
我们一直是好朋友。
Sally and I became friends.
萨莉和我成了朋友。
3N-PLURAL; N-IN-NAMES 支持者;拥护者;赞助者 The friendsof a country, cause, organization, or a famous politician are the people and organizations who help and support them. 支持者;拥护者;赞助者
4N-COUNT 盟友;友国;友邦 If one country refers to another as a friend, they mean that the other country is not an enemy of theirs. 盟友;友国;友邦
The president said that Japan is now a friend and international partner.
总统说日本现在是盟友和国际合作伙伴。
5PHR-RECIP (与…)交朋友;(和…)建立友谊 If you make friendswith someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends . (与…)交朋友;(和…)建立友谊
He has made friends with the kids on the street.
他和流浪街头的孩子交上了朋友。
Dennis made friends easily.
丹尼斯很容易就能交到朋友。
He had made a friend of both girls.
他和两个女孩都成了朋友。
Quotations
A friend should bear his friend's infirmitiesWilliam ShakespeareJulius Caesar
The belongings of friends are commonAristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sakeAristotleNicomachean Ethics
Friends are born, not madeHenry AdamsThe Education of Henry Adams
I count myself nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friendsWilliam ShakespeareRichard II
True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choiceBen JonsonCynthia's Revels
Friends are God's apology for relativesHugh Kingsmill
Old friends are the best. King James used to call for his old shoes; for they were easiest for his feetJohn SeldonTable Talk
Old friends are the blessing of one's later years - half a word conveys one's meaningHorace Walpole
The only way to have a friend is to be oneRalph Waldo EmersonEssays: First Series
When your friend holds you affectionately by both hands you are safe, for you can watch both hisAmbrose Bierce
Of two close friends, one is always the slave of the otherMikhail LermontovA Hero of Our Time
Word Partnership
Word Partnership
Use friend with:
ADJ.
best friend, close friend, dear friend, faithful friend, former friend, good friend, loyal friend, mutual friend, old friend, personal friend, trusted friend1
N.
childhood friend, friend of the family, friend or relative1