familiar
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If someone or something is familiar to you, you recognize them or know them well. 熟悉的
He talked of other cultures as if they were more familiar to him than his own. 他談起其他文化就像它們對(duì)于他比他自己的文化還熟悉。
They are already familiar faces on our TV screens. 他們已經(jīng)是我們電視屏幕上熟悉的面孔了。
2. familiarityN-UNCOUNT 熟悉
Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face. 托尼被她不尋常的熟悉面孔弄得心煩意亂。
3. ADJ If you are familiar with something, you know or understand it well. 對(duì)…是熟悉的[v-link ADJ 'with' n]
Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner's opera. 多數(shù)人對(duì)瓦格納歌劇中的這個(gè)人物是熟悉的。
4. familiarityN-UNCOUNT 熟悉
The enemy would always have the advantage of familiarity with the rugged terrain. 敵人會(huì)一直在對(duì)崎嶇地形的熟悉上占有優(yōu)勢(shì)。
5. ADJ If someone you do not know well behaves in a familiar way toward you, they treat you very informally in a way that you might find offensive. 隨便的[表不滿]
It isn't appropriate for an officer to be overly familiar with an enlisted man. 軍官對(duì)入伍士兵過分隨便是不合適的。
6. familiarityN-UNCOUNT 隨便
She needed to control her surprise at the easy familiarity with which her host greeted the head waiter. 她需要在看到主人對(duì)領(lǐng)班打招呼的親熱隨便時(shí)控制自己的驚訝。
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familiar /f??m?l??/
劍橋詞典
- Her name is familiar, but I can't quite call to mind where I've heard it.
- I saw a few familiar faces among the crowd .
- He was a familiar figure on the lecture circuit .
- She looks familiar but I can't place her - did she use to work here?
- When the conversation turns to politics he's on familiar ground .
familiar adjective (EASY TO RECOGNIZE)
easy to recognize because of being seen , met , heard , etc. before熟悉的；常見的；常聽說
There were one or two familiar faces (= people I knew ). 那里有一兩張熟悉的面孔。
The house looked strangely familiar, though she knew she'd never been there before. 盡管她知道自己以前從未到過那里，那座房子看上去卻有一種奇怪的熟悉感。
The street was familiar to me. 這條街我很熟悉。
?be familiar with sth/sb
to know something or someone well
對(duì)…熟悉
I'm sorry , I'm not familiar with your poetry . 對(duì)不起，我對(duì)您的詩歌不甚了解。
例句
familiar adjective (FRIENDLY)
informal and friendly , sometimes in a way that does not show respect to someone who is not a family member or close friend
隨便的；親近的
He patted her back in an overly familiar way. 他拍了拍她的背，顯得有些過分親昵。
He doesn't like to be too familiar with his staff . 他不愿意跟員工過分親近。