每日一句英語116——真正的友情是,即使兩人不說話也覺得很舒服

每日一句英語116——真正的友情是,即使兩人不說話也覺得很舒服

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

真正的友情是,即使兩人不說話,也覺得很舒服。

——David Tyson

每日一句英語116——真正的友情是,即使兩人不說話也覺得很舒服

【相關單詞短語講解】

【1】

friendship

英 [frendp] 美 [frendp]

記憶技巧:friend 朋友 + ship 某種關係 → 友誼

noun 名詞

(1)[C]

~ (with sb) | ~ (between A and B)

友誼;朋友關係:a relationship between friends

a close/lasting/lifelong friendship

親密的 / 持久的 / 終生的友誼

friendships formed while she was at college

她在大學時建立的友誼

He seemed to have already struck up (= begun) a friendship with Jo。

他似乎已經開始和喬交朋友了。

(2)[U] 友情;友誼;友好:the feeling or relationship that friends have; the state of being friends

a conference to promote international friendship

促進國際友好關係的會議

Your friendship is very important to me。

你的友情對我非常重要。

【2】

silence

英 [salns] 美 [salns]

noun 名詞

(1)[U] 寂靜;無聲:a complete lack of noise or sound

A scream broke the silence of the night。

一聲尖叫劃破了寂靜的夜晚。

I need absolute silence when I‘m working。

我工作時需要絕對的安靜。

(2)[C, U] 沉默;緘默;默不作聲:a situation when nobody is speaking

an embarrassed/awkward silence

難堪 / 尷尬的沉默

I got used to his long silences。

我已習慣了他半天不說話的樣子。

They finished their meal in total silence 。

他們默不作聲地吃完飯。

(3)[U, sing。]

~ (on sth)

緘默;緘口不談;拒絕回答:a situation in which sb refuses to talk about sth or to answer questions

the right to silence (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested[被逮捕]) 沉默權

She broke her public silence in a TV interview。

她接受了一次電視採訪,就此結束了她不在公開場合說話的狀態。

The company’s silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt。

在外界看來,公司在這個問題上保持沉默便是承認有罪。

There is a conspiracy[knsprsi](密謀策劃) of silence about what is happening (= everyone has agreed not to discuss it) 。

對於發生的事情,大家一致保持緘默。

(4)[U] 互相不通音信的情形;無書信(或電話)聯絡:a situation in which people do not communicate with each other by letter or telephone

The phone call came after months of silence。

幾個月沒有音信之後,打來了一個電話。

verb 動詞

(1)使安靜;使不說話:to make sb/sth stop speaking or making a noise

She silenced him with a glare。

她瞪了他一眼,他就不作聲了。

Our bombs silenced the enemy‘s guns (= they destroyed them) 。

我們的轟炸把敵人的炮火打啞了。

(2)壓制,使不再發表(反對意見):to make sb stop expressing opinions that are opposed to yours

All protest had been silenced。

一切反對的聲音都被壓了下去。

Her recent achievements have silenced her critics。

她近來取得的成果讓那些批評她的人無話可說了。

exclamation 感嘆詞

(formal) (用以讓人們安靜)安靜,靜下來:used to tell people to be quiet

Silence in court!

在法庭內要保持肅靜!

【拓展】

一些跟silence有關的搭配

awkward silence 令人尷尬的沉默

complete silence 寂靜無聲

long silence 長時間的沉默

sudden silence 突然的沉寂

total silence 萬籟俱寂

silence falls 安靜下來

listen in silence 安靜地聽

observe a silence 默哀

sit in silence 安靜地坐著

watch something in silence 默默地注視著某物

break a/your silence 打破沉默

keep silence 保持沉默

【3】

comfortable

英 [kmftbl] 美 [kmftbl]

adj。 形容詞

(1)(of clothes, furniture, etc。 衣服、傢俱等) 使人舒服的;舒適的:making you feel physically relaxed; pleasant to wear, sit on, etc。

a warm comfortable house 溫暖舒適的房子

It’s such a comfortable bed。

這床真舒服。

These new shoes are not very comfortable。

這雙新鞋穿起來不太舒服。

(2)愉快放鬆的;舒服的;安逸的:feeling pleasantly physically relaxed; warm enough, without pain, etc。

Are you comfortable?

你感覺舒服嗎?

She shifted into a more comfortable position on the chair。

她換了一個更舒適的姿勢坐在椅子上。

Please make yourself comfortable while I get some coffee。

我去衝咖啡,您別拘束。

(3)自信而無憂慮的;自在的:confident and not worried or afraid

He‘s more comfortable with computers than with people。

比起與人相處,他和電腦打交道更能應付自如。

(4)富裕的;寬裕的:having enough money to buy what you want without worrying about the cost

They’re not millionaires, but they‘re certainly very comfortable。

他們不是百萬富翁,但也很富裕。

(5)相當大的;輕鬆取勝的:quite large; allowing you to win easily

a comfortable 2–0 win 以2:0輕取(輕而易舉地戰勝對手)

The party won with a comfortable majority。

該政黨以明顯的多數票獲勝。