intimate

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

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. intimatelyADV 亲密地

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

...their intimate moments with their boyfriends. …她们和其男友们的私密时刻。

4. intimatelyADV 在私密方面[ADV after v]

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

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. intimatelyADV 个人地; 私下地[ADV after v]

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]

...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

...an intimate connection between madness and wisdom. …疯狂和睿智之间的一种密切联系。

9. intimatelyADV 密切地[ADV after v]

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

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. intimatelyADV 深刻地; 精通地

...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]

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。