familiarity

英 [fəˌmɪliˈærəti]

美 [fəˌmɪliˈærəti]

n. 熟悉; 通晓; 认识; 友好随和; 亲近

BNC.8643 / COCA.8057

习惯用语

familiarity breeds contempt

过分亲密就会有所侮慢
knowing sb/sth very well may cause you to lose admiration and respect for them/it

noun

熟悉；通晓；认识
the state of knowing sb/sth well; the state of recognizing sb/sth
1. His familiarity with the language helped him enjoy his stay.
  他通晓这种语言，所以逗留期间过得很惬意。
2. When she saw the house, she had a feeling of familiarity.
  她见到这座房子就有一种熟悉的感觉。
友好随和；亲近
a friendly informal manner
1. She addressed me with an easy familiarity that made me feel at home.
  她和我谈话亲切随和，使我不感到拘束。

noun

an act of undue intimacy
Synonym:improprietyindecorumliberty
close or warm friendship
1. the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Synonym:intimacycloseness
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
a casual manner
Synonym:casualness
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Synonym:acquaintanceconversanceconversancy

Tony was unnerved by the uncanny familiarity of her face.
托尼对她的样子异常熟悉，这很让他烦恼。
Her familiarity with Japanese surprised me.
她对日语的熟谙使我惊奇。
The very texture of his prose bears the influence of his familiarity with drugs.
他独特的散文风韵显示出他常常在毒品的影响下进行创作的痕迹。
Familiarity with these technologies and patterns is useful for evaluating and adopting the Composite Application Library.
熟悉这些技术和模式有助于评价和采用CompositeApplicationLibrary。
He had behaved with undue and oily familiarity
他表现得过于亲热，媚态毕现。
You should have a general familiarity with defining, validating, and reading XML.
应该对XML的定义、验证和读取有一定了解。
Standards lose their vitality and context, with teams ignoring them through lack of familiarity or deliberate avoidance.
标准失去了他们的生命力和上下文，因缺乏熟悉或故意地避免，团队忽视了标准。
This article assumes that you have a general familiarity with Web services concepts and standards.
本文假定您基本熟悉Web服务的概念和标准。
Perhaps they want familiarity, with names, brands and products they can trust.
或许，他们需要一种熟悉感，需要熟悉而能够信赖的名字、品牌和产品。
Spirit of friendly familiarity and goodwill between comrades.
同志间的友情和善意。