Words for friendship 表达友谊的词汇

Question

What is the difference between fair-weather friend and acquaintance?

Feifei: 问题是关于 fair-weather friend and acquaintance 之间的区别。如果你对这两个表达的意思还不是很确定，那么下面的两个例子应该能帮到你：

Example 1

I used to spend a lot of time with Malcolm: we often went out for meals or drinks and even we went on holiday together once. But when I got ill and had to stop working he disappeared. I guess he was just a fair-weather friend.

The party was full of people I had met through work but didn't really know well. There weren't any close friends there, just acquaintances.

Feifei: OK - a fair-weather friend 就是我们常说的只可共安乐而难共患难的朋友，俗称酒肉朋友。Acquaintance 指的是认识的人，但了解交往不深，俗称泛泛之交。虽然今天的问题是回答完了， 但我们应该借友谊这个话题再多学一些表示“朋友”的单词：

Example 2

Buddy, bud, mate, pal, chum

Feifei: Mate 这个词在英式英语中使用频率很高。不过英语里有些表示朋友的单词最初来自外来语，比如说：

Example 3

Amigo or compadre

Feifei: 这两个词来自于西班牙语。

Example 4

Hi amigo!

How's it hanging compadre?

Feifei: 还有几种对关系好的男性朋友的称呼来自于单词 brother:

Example 5

Bro, bruv

Alright bro?

I'm cool bruv!

Feifei: 对关系好的、亲密的女性朋友可以称为 sis, 来自单词 sister.

Example 6

Sis

How are you sis?

Feifei: 还有一种对很亲密、很近的朋友的幽默称呼，像这样：

Example 7

He's my brother from another mother

How's it going, sister from another mother?

Feifei: 关系好的女性朋友可能会互相称之为 sweetie 或 lovely:

Example 8

How are you sweetie?

I'm great thanks lovely!

Feifei: 下面给大家介绍几个可以用来称呼朋友的俚语表达。请注意这些说法通常仅用于男性朋友之间。

Example 9

Geezer, fella, my old mucker

What's up geezer?

Not bad fella!

How are you my old mucker?

Feifei: 十几岁的年青人通常会用下面这个表达来描述他们的好友：

Example 10

We're besties.

Feifei: Bestie 是 best friend 的简称。

Example 11

Yes, you're my BFF

Feifei: 有没有听到最后的那个 BFF – 它的意思就是 best friend forever 永远的最好的朋友。Well friends, buddies, BFFs – 今天的节目就到这里了。希望你在日常交流中能用到这些表达。好了，在学习中遇到任何难题，别忘了直接给我们发邮件过来提出你的问题，我们的邮箱地址是 questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk 下次再会啦。