intimate

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

I discussed with my intimate friends whether I would immediately have a baby. 我和我的密友們商量我是不是該馬上要孩子。

2. intimatelyADV 親密地

He did not feel he had got to know them intimately. 他覺得自己不必和他們親密熟悉。

3. ADJ If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way. 有性關系的; 有戀愛關系的

...their intimate moments with their boyfriends. …她們和其男友們的私密時刻。

4. intimatelyADV 在私密方麪[ADV after v]

You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately. 你必須樂意在私密方麪逐漸了解自己和伴侶。

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

He wrote about the intimate details of his family life. 他寫下了家庭生活中一些私人的細節。

6. intimatelyADV 個人地; 私下地[ADV after v]

It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately. 這是他們第一次試圖私下交談。

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. 甯靜怡人的[表贊許]

...an intimate candlelit dinner for two. …甯靜怡人的一次二人燭光晚餐。

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

...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom. …瘋狂和睿智之間的一種密切聯系。

9. intimatelyADV 密切地[ADV after v]

Scientific research and conservation are intimately connected. 科學研究與環境保護聯系密切。

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

He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer. 他對尅爾愷郭爾和叔本華的深刻了解令我感到驚奇。

11. intimatelyADV 深刻地; 精通地

...a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately. …她熟知的那些音樂家們的一個黃金時代。

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]

He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company. 他接著暗示他確實在考慮對公司進行一次改組。