intimate CET4 TEM4 ( intimating, intimated, intimates )

形容词读作ˈɪntɪmɪt。动词读作ˈɪntɪˌmeɪt。

• 1. 

  ADJ If you have an intimate friendship with someone, you know them very well and like them a lot. 亲密的

  例：

  I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby.

  我和我的密友们商量我是不是该马上要孩子。

• 2. 

  intimately ADV 亲密地

  例：

  He did not feel he had got to know them intimately.

  他觉得自己不必和他们亲密熟悉。

• 3. 

  ADJ If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way. 有性关系的; 有恋爱关系的

  例：

  ...their intimate moments with their boyfriends.

  …她们和其男友们的私密时刻。

• 4. 

  intimately ADV 在私密方面 [ADV after v]

  例：

  You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately.

  你必须乐意在私密方面逐渐了解自己和伴侣。

• 5. 

  ADJ An intimate conversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private. 个人的; 私下的

  例：

  He wrote about the intimate details of his family life.

  他写下了家庭生活中一些私人的细节。

• 6. 

  intimately ADV 个人地; 私下地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately.

  这是他们第一次试图私下交谈。

• 7. 

  ADJ If you use intimate to 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. 宁静怡人的 [表赞许]

  例：

  ...an intimate candlelit dinner for two.

  …宁静怡人的一次二人烛光晚餐。

• 8. 

  ADJ An intimate connection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them. 密切的

  例：

  ...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom.

  …疯狂和睿智之间的一种密切联系。

• 9. 

  intimately ADV 密切地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Scientific research and conservation are intimately connected.

  科学研究与环境保护联系密切。

• 10. 

  ADJ An intimate knowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it. 深刻的; 精通的

  例：

  He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer.

  他对克尔恺郭尔和叔本华的深刻了解令我感到惊奇。

• 11. 

  intimately ADV 深刻地; 精通地

  例：

  ...a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately.

  …她熟知的那些音乐家们的一个黄金时代。

• 12. 

  N a close friend 密友

• 13. 

  V-T If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. 暗示 [正式]

  例：

  He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company.

  他接着暗示他确实在考虑对公司进行一次改组。