intimates

英 [ˈɪntɪmeɪts]

美 [ˈɪntɪmeɪts]

n.  密友; 至交; 知己
v.  透露; (间接)表示; 暗示
intimate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The adjective and noun are pronounced /'ɪntɪmət/. The verb is pronounced /'ɪntɪmeɪt/. 形容词读作 /'ɪntɪmət/,动词读作 /'ɪntɪmeɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 亲密的;密切的
  If you have anintimatefriendship with someone, you know them very well and like them a lot.
  1. I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby.
     我与密友们讨论是否我要马上生孩子。
  2. Anintimateis an intimate friend.
     密友;至交;知己
  3. They are to have an autumn wedding, an intimate of the couple confides.
     他们的婚礼将在秋季举行,这对情侣的一位密友透露说。
• ADJ-GRADED 有恋爱关系的;有性关系的
  If two people are in anintimaterelationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way.
  1. I just won't discuss my intimate relationships.
     我就是不想讨论我的恋爱关系。
  2. ...their intimate moments with their boyfriends.
     她们与男友共浴爱河的时刻
• ADJ-GRADED 个人的;私下的;隐私的
  Anintimateconversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private.
  1. He wrote about the intimate details of his family life...
     他写到了关于他家庭生活的一些不为人知的细节。
  2. I hate to interrupt your intimate conversation but we do have an assignment to discuss.
     我实在不愿打断你们的私人谈话,但是我们确实有事要谈。
• ADJ-GRADED 宁静怡人的;温馨的
  If you useintimateto describe an occasion or the atmosphere of a place, you like it because it is quiet and pleasant, and seems suitable for close conversations between friends.
  1. ...an intimate candlelit dinner for two.
     温馨的二人烛光晚餐
• ADJ-GRADED (联系)密切的，紧密的
  Anintimateconnection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them.
  1. ...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom...
     疯狂与智慧的密切关联
  2. France has kept the most intimate links with its former African territories.
     法国与其前非洲属地一直保持着最密切的联系。
• ADJ-GRADED 深刻的;详尽的;精通的
  Anintimateknowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it.
  1. He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer.
     他对克尔恺郭尔与叔本华的深刻了解让我很吃惊。
• VERB 暗示;提示
  If youintimatesomething, you say it in an indirect way.
  1. He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company...
     他继续暗示他确实在考虑对公司进行一次大改组。
  2. He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement.
     他已经向法国人和俄国人暗示他愿意达成协议。

双语例句

• Although the governor knew many peoples, he had few intimates.
  尽管总督认识不少民族的人，但他却没几个心腹。
• In Galaxy of Names the light-writing technique is used to inscribe the names of individuals he has encountered in his life, intimates as well as mere acquaintances.
  在《星空》系列作品中，他将用光书写的技术巧妙地用于书写自己生活中的人们的名字，有的也许是多年老友，有的也许只是匆匆的相识。
• I have two intimates, who were two angels fallen in my heart.
  我有两个知己，他们是两个天使落在我的心里。
• In selecting your intimates, you are perhaps to consider which party you most favor in the barons wars. ( No.46)
  在挑选你亲爱的人时，也许要考虑在男爵们争斗中，你最倾向哪一边。
• The political situation in the United States, however, led some of Chiang's intimates to hope that the United States might still interfere in China's civil war to save their personal power.
  但是，当时美国国内的政局却使蒋的一些亲信幻想美国还是会干预中国内战，挽救他们个人的权位。
• A score of intimates, drawn largely from two clans aside from the Thanis, runs nearly everything else.
  还有一些亲信，基本上是来自于除萨尼党意外的两个党派分支，几乎所有权利都落入他们的掌控之中。
• The multi-function motorcars with original concept are the intimates of happy families on vacation.
  构思新颖的多用汽车，和睦家庭的度假良友。
• In selecting appropriate technologies for the construction of ecological our "hearts home" to intimates, architecture, natural harmony among reunification, and achieving sustainable development of human society itself.
  在选用合适的生态技术来建造我们心中的家园是为了能让人、建筑、自然三者和谐统一，实现人类社会本身的可持续发展。
• Low-born king's intimates, Reynold Bray, Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, devoted themselves to extortion, while the king's spies and "promoters" roamed and listened everywhere.
  国王出身低微的密友雷诺•布雷、理查德•爱普生和埃德蒙•达德利都极力进行敲诈勒索，而国王的间谍和“推动者”到处刺探和窃听。
• He declines to see them, and intimates the formation of a new family of faith.
  他拒绝见他们，和亲密组成一个新家庭的信念。