mutual

adjective
🔊/ˈmjuːtʃuəl/
🔊/ˈmjuːtʃuəl/
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  1. used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, or actions that affect two or more people equally相互的;彼此的
    • mutual respect/understanding相互的尊敬/理解
    • mutual support/aid相互的支持/帮助
    • They parted by mutual consent.他们在相互同意下分开了。
    • I don't like her, and I think the feeling is mutual (= she doesn't like me either).我不喜欢她,我觉得她也不喜欢我。🔊🔊
  2. [only before noun] shared by two or more people共有的;共同的
    • We met at the home of a mutual friend.我们在彼此都认识的朋友家中会面。🔊🔊
    • They soon discovered a mutual interest in music.他们很快发现对音乐有着共同的兴趣。🔊🔊
  3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mutuus ‘mutual, borrowed’; related to mutare ‘to change’.