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familiar

adjective
 OPAL S
🔊/fəˈmɪliə(r)/
🔊/fəˈmɪliər/
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  1.  
     well known to you; often seen or heard and therefore easy to recognize熟悉的；常见到的；常听说的
    • to look/sound/seem familiar看起来/听起来/看起来熟悉
    • I couldn’t see any familiar faces in the room.我看不到房间里熟悉的面孔。
    • He's a familiar figure in the neighbourhood.他在这个地区是大家熟悉的人物。🔊🔊
    • Then she heard a familiar voice.然后她听到了熟悉的声音。
    • The cast contains a number of familiar names.演员表包含许多熟悉的名字。
    • The song was vaguely familiar.这首歌含糊其词。
    • familiar to somebody The smell is very familiar to everyone who lives near a bakery.住在面包店附近的人都很熟悉这种气味。🔊🔊
    • Violent attacks are becoming all too familiar (= sadly familiar).暴力攻击变成了司空见惯的现象。🔊🔊
    opposite unfamiliar
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    • Her face looked strangely familiar.她的脸看上去有一种很奇怪的熟悉感。
    • His face looked awfully familiar.他这张脸看上去非常眼熟。
    • His face was instantly familiar, even after all those years.即使这么多年过去了，还是一下子认出了他的脸。
    • The name sounded vaguely familiar to her.这个名字她听上去似曾相识。
    • The place felt faintly familiar to me.这个地方我隐约觉得有点儿熟悉。
    • The report's conclusions were already familiar enough to the government.政府对报告的结论已耳熟能详。
    • The room looked distinctly familiar.这间房子看上去相当眼熟。
    • a name that was somehow familiar不知为何总觉得熟悉的名字
    • a situation which has become all too familiar to most teachers大部份教师都十分熟悉的情形
    • The company's brand has become a familiar sight.该公司的品牌已成为人们熟悉的景象。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  2.  
     familiar with something knowing something very well通晓；熟悉
    • an area with which I had been familiar since childhood我自幼就了若指掌的一个地区
    • You will soon become familiar with the different activities.您很快就会熟悉各种活动。
    • Are you familiar with the computer software they use?你熟悉他们使用的计算机软件吗？🔊🔊
    • She would have been familiar with the work of this 18th-century German philosopher.她本来会熟悉这位18世纪德国哲学家的工作。
    • Ishii is clearly intimately familiar with his script and characters.石井显然对他的剧本和角色非常熟悉。
    opposite unfamiliar
    Extra Examples
    • You will need to be thoroughly familiar with our procedures.你需要彻底了解我们的程序。
    • I'm not overly familiar with these issues.我对这些问题不太熟悉。
    • I was now getting much more familiar with the local area.我开始对当地情况有了更多的了解。
    • By now you will be familiar with the one-way system in the centre of town.现在，您将熟悉城镇中心的单向系统。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  3. (of a person’s behaviour人的行为) very informal, sometimes in a way that is unpleasant随便的
    • You seem to be on very familiar terms with your tutor.你似乎和你的导师之间很随便。🔊🔊
    • After a few drinks her boss started getting too familiar for her liking.老板几杯酒下肚以后就开始令她觉得过分亲昵。🔊🔊
    • familiar with somebody He was being overly familiar with Gloria.他对格洛里亚太熟悉了。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’): from Old French familier, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.