friendlier

英 [ˈfrɛndlɪə]

美 [ˈfrɛndliər]

adj.  友爱的; 友好的; 善意的; 亲切的; 和蔼可亲的; 朋友似的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 友善的;友好的;好相处的
  If someone isfriendly, they behave in a pleasant, kind way, and like to be with other people.
  1. Godfrey had been friendly to me.
     戈弗雷一度对我很友善。
  2. ...a man with a pleasant, friendly face...
     面容和蔼可亲的男子
  3. Robert has a friendly relationship with his customers.
     罗伯特和他的客户之间关系处得很好。
  4. ...a friendly atmosphere...
     友好的气氛
  5. Your cat isn't very friendly.
     你的猫不太友好。
• ADJ-GRADED 朋友(般)的;要好的
  If you arefriendlywithsomeone, you like each other and enjoy spending time together.
  1. I'm friendly with his mother...
     我和他母亲很要好。
  2. Asmus became friendly with a number of writers and appeared in print as a literary critic.
     阿斯穆斯和许多作家成为了好友，而且还作为一名文学评论家出现在报纸上。
• ADJ-GRADED 盟友的;友邦的
  You can describe another country or their government asfriendlywhen they have good relations with your own country rather than being an enemy.
  1. ...a worsening in relations between the two previously friendly countries.
     这两个曾经友好的国家之间关系的恶化
• N-COUNT 友谊赛
  In sport, afriendlyis a match which is not part of a competition, and is played for entertainment or practice, often without any serious effort to win.
  1. Athletic Bilbao agreed to play a friendly at Real Sociedad.
     毕尔巴鄂竞技队同意在皇家社会队主场打一场友谊赛。
  2. Friendlyis also an adjective.
     
  3. Austria beat Hungary 3-nil in a friendly match at Salzburg on Wednesday.
     在星期三萨尔茨堡的一场友谊赛中奥地利以 3 比 0 击败了匈牙利。

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Do not confusefriendlyandsympathetic. A person who isfriendlyor has afriendlyattitude is kind and pleasant and behaves the way a friend would.…a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea. …a pleasant, friendly smile.If you have a problem and someone issympatheticor shows asympatheticattitude, they show that they care and would like to help you.My boyfriend was very sympathetic.Note that people sometimes refer to characters in a play or novel who are easy to like assympathetic.There were no sympathetic characters in my book.You usually say that real people are 'nice' or 'likable'.
不要混淆friendly 和 sympathetic。friendly 指人或人的态度友善、令人愉快、如朋友一般：a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea (请我吃茶点的友善女人)，a pleasant, friendly smile (和蔼可亲的笑容)。用 sympathetic 形容人或人的态度时，表示关心他人的困难并愿意提供帮助：My boyfriend was very sympathetic (我的男朋友富有同情心)。注意，在戏剧或小说中讨人喜欢的人物有时用 sympathetic 来形容：There were no sympathetic characters in my book (我的书中没有讨喜的人物)。形容生活中的人令人喜爱通常用 nice 或 likable。

双语例句

• One of the main reasons is that people here are friendlier than those in other cities in China.
  其中一个重要原因是这里的人比其他任何城市都更友好。
• But other businesses, including those that work with environmentally friendlier technologies say it could create new industries and jobs.
  而其他行业，包括对环境无害的技术工作可以创新产业和工作。
• The goal is to provide a friendlier experience for first-timers and experienced users.
  我们的目标是为新手和有经验的用户都提供更加友好的体验。
• By using first names only, we felt friendlier towards each other.
  通过直呼其名，我们互相之间更加亲切友好。
• I thought he would be friendlier since we met yesterday.
  我以为我们昨天见过面，他会比较友善。
• Another company might provide better hours, more benefits, even a friendlier work environment.
  另一个公司也许可以给你安排更好的工作时间，提供给你更好的薪资，甚至是更友好地工作环境。
• This new, friendlier approach had some useful consequences.
  这崭新而友好的接触产生了一些有用的结果。
• Several things have happened since those friendlier days.
  自那时的友好年代之后，发生了一些事。
• And if you're smiling, other people will perceive you as being friendlier and more approachable.
  在你微笑的时候，别人也感到你更加友好、更亲切。
• Alternatively, the same tools are available as ant scripts but we have chosen the Eclipse way because it is friendlier.
  另外，相同的工具也可作为ant脚本获得，但我们选择LegStar的Eclipse插件，因为它更友好。