英语词组familiarity是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

FAMILIARITY

accustomed to someone or something

to be used to or comfortable with someone or something; to accept someone or something as common and usual.

We are accustomed to wearing shoes.They aren't accustomed to paying a visit without bringing a gift.I'll never become accustomed to you.

acquire a taste for something

to develop a liking for food, drink, or something else; to learn to like something.

One acquires a taste for fine wines.Many people are not able to acquire a taste for foreign food.Mary acquired a taste for art when she was very young.

grow on someone

[for someone or something] to become commonplace to a person. (The someone is usually one, someone, a person, etc., not a specific person.)

That music is strange, but it grows on you.I didn't think I could ever get used to this town, but after a while it grows on one.

have a familiar ring

[for a story or an explanation] to sound familiar.

Your excuse has a familiar ring. Have you done this before?This term paper has a familiar ring. I think it has been copied.

like one of the family

as if someone (or a pet) were a member of one's family. (Informal.)

We treat our dog like one of the family.We are very happy to have you stay with us, Bill. I hope you don't mind if we treat you like one of the family.

on a first-name basis (with someone)

knowing someone very well; good friends with someone.

I'm on a first name basis with John.John and I are on a first-name basis.

ring a bell

[for something] to cause someone to remember something or for it to seem familiar. (Informal.)

I've never met John Franklin, but his name rings a bell.Whenever I see a bee, it rings a bell. I remember when I was stung by one.

familiarity breeds contempt

Repeated exposure to someone or something often creates a contentious relationship. A: "Those two teams have built up quite a rivalry over the years." B: "They play in the same division, and familiarity breeds contempt." I've been stuck with Larry in the office all week, and I'm afraid they're right that familiary breeds contempt.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Prov. People do not respect someone they know well enough to know his or her faults. The movie star doesn't let anyone get to know him, because he knows that familiarity breeds contempt.

familiarity breeds contempt

Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful. For example, Ten years at the same job and now he hates it-familiarity breeds contempt. The idea is much older, but the first recorded use of this expression was in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (c. 1386).

familiarity breeds contempt

If you say that familiarity breeds contempt, you mean that if you know someone or something very well, you can easily become bored with them and stop treating them with respect. Of course, it's often true that familiarity breeds contempt, that we're attracted to those who seem so different from those we know at home. It is second-year drivers — when familiarity breeds contempt for road rules — that are the problem. Note: Other nouns are sometimes used instead of contempt. Familiarity breeds inattention. Typically, family members are so convinced they know what another family member is going to say that they don't bother to listen.

familiarity breeds conˈtempt

(saying) you have little respect, liking, etc. for somebody/something that you know too well: George’s father is regarded by everyone as a great artist, but George doesn’t think he is. Familiarity breeds contempt!

familiarity breeds contempt

Overexposure to or knowing something or someone too thoroughly can turn liking into hostility. The idea behind this expression dates from ancient times—the Roman writer Publilius Syrus used it about 43 b.c.—and approximately twelve hundred years later Pope Innocent III repeated it, also in Latin. The first record of it in English appeared in Nicholas Udall’s translation of Erasmus’s sayings (1548): “Familiaritye bringeth contempt.” Later writers often stated it with humor or irony, notably Mark Twain in his unpublished diaries (Notebooks, ca. 1900): “Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.”

词组	familiarity
释义	FAMILIARITY accustomed to someone or something to be used to or comfortable with someone or something; to accept someone or something as common and usual. We are accustomed to wearing shoes.They aren't accustomed to paying a visit without bringing a gift.I'll never become accustomed to you. acquire a taste for something to develop a liking for food, drink, or something else; to learn to like something. One acquires a taste for fine wines.Many people are not able to acquire a taste for foreign food.Mary acquired a taste for art when she was very young. grow on someone [for someone or something] to become commonplace to a person. (The someone is usually one, someone, a person, etc., not a specific person.) That music is strange, but it grows on you.I didn't think I could ever get used to this town, but after a while it grows on one. have a familiar ring [for a story or an explanation] to sound familiar. Your excuse has a familiar ring. Have you done this before?This term paper has a familiar ring. I think it has been copied. like one of the family as if someone (or a pet) were a member of one's family. (Informal.) We treat our dog like one of the family.We are very happy to have you stay with us, Bill. I hope you don't mind if we treat you like one of the family. on a first-name basis (with someone) knowing someone very well; good friends with someone. I'm on a first name basis with John.John and I are on a first-name basis. ring a bell [for something] to cause someone to remember something or for it to seem familiar. (Informal.) I've never met John Franklin, but his name rings a bell.Whenever I see a bee, it rings a bell. I remember when I was stung by one. idiomfamiliarityfamiliarity breeds contemptused in order to say that as you begin to know someone or something better, you begin to have less interest in them or less respect for them:You never see the principal talking to the students. I guess she believes that familiarity breeds contempt.A young child will investigate anything new, and keep on investigating it until familiarity has bred contempt. (redirected from familiarity) familiarity breeds contempt Repeated exposure to someone or something often creates a contentious relationship. A: "Those two teams have built up quite a rivalry over the years." B: "They play in the same division, and familiarity breeds contempt." I've been stuck with Larry in the office all week, and I'm afraid they're right that familiary breeds contempt. Familiarity breeds contempt. Prov. People do not respect someone they know well enough to know his or her faults. The movie star doesn't let anyone get to know him, because he knows that familiarity breeds contempt. familiarity breeds contempt Long experience of someone or something can make one so aware of the faults as to be scornful. For example, Ten years at the same job and now he hates it-familiarity breeds contempt. The idea is much older, but the first recorded use of this expression was in Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (c. 1386). familiarity breeds contempt If you say that familiarity breeds contempt, you mean that if you know someone or something very well, you can easily become bored with them and stop treating them with respect. Of course, it's often true that familiarity breeds contempt, that we're attracted to those who seem so different from those we know at home. It is second-year drivers — when familiarity breeds contempt for road rules — that are the problem. Note: Other nouns are sometimes used instead of contempt. Familiarity breeds inattention. Typically, family members are so convinced they know what another family member is going to say that they don't bother to listen. familiarity breeds conˈtempt (saying) you have little respect, liking, etc. for somebody/something that you know too well: George’s father is regarded by everyone as a great artist, but George doesn’t think he is. Familiarity breeds contempt! familiarity breeds contempt Overexposure to or knowing something or someone too thoroughly can turn liking into hostility. The idea behind this expression dates from ancient times—the Roman writer Publilius Syrus used it about 43 b.c.—and approximately twelve hundred years later Pope Innocent III repeated it, also in Latin. The first record of it in English appeared in Nicholas Udall’s translation of Erasmus’s sayings (1548): “Familiaritye bringeth contempt.” Later writers often stated it with humor or irony, notably Mark Twain in his unpublished diaries (Notebooks, ca. 1900): “Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.”
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