英语词汇“intimate”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

intimate¹

adjective ˈɪntɪmətˈɪn(t)əmət

1Closely acquainted; familiar.
熟悉的，亲密的，亲切的
intimate friends
亲密的朋友。
they are on intimate terms
他们关系亲密。
Example sentencesExamples
- Examples include finding yourself wandering by a dual carriageway at 5am, or finding yourself snogging someone with no idea how you got onto intimate terms with them.
- Then Cady has to make intimate friends - leapfrogging rank and precedence with miraculous speed - with the villainesses of the piece.
- And let your most intimate friends know you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with a fork than vote for the Liberal.
- Margot writes Anne that she does not hold a grudge, and that she would not confide in someone unless they were on intimate terms.
- Today, I'm told, the people of Basra whisper and mumble about the intifada, but only among family members at home or in tearooms with their most intimate friends.
- The Heskeths were on intimate terms with Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, whose country seat was Knowsley Hall (six miles east of Liverpool).
- He has not convinced me that events would have transpired any differently if Roosevelt and Churchill had been on less intimate terms.
- He's brought another man with him, and they exchange a few words that suggest that they are on intimate terms.
- Kahlo, the most notorious of the three, was a member of Mexico's Communist movement, wife of radical leftist painter Diego Rivera, and intimate friend of Leon Trotsky.
- In other words, when you are on fairly intimate terms with your diners, you are expected to compromise your recipes.
- He boasted that he was on intimate terms with several high-ranking police officers.
- Although Johnson himself was a fervent Tory, it is interesting to note that he was on friendly and intimate terms with several well-known Whigs.
- It should have come as no surprise that Berger and Schröder were on intimate terms.
- Argerich is on intimate terms with the composers whose work she performs.
- The following day an intimate crowd of friends and family gather in the backyard under a small gazebo to watch the pseudo match-up.
- Even his intimate friends in the literary circuit dread the occasional outbursts which reflect his cynical humour and contempt for hypocrites.
- If you're on incredibly intimate terms with your flatmates, get them to check for you.
- We have been led to believe that you and she knew each other on intimate terms.
- He was the outsider who was on intimate terms with them, communicating through comic mime with expressions and gestures that became a well known code.
- Apart from everything else, I am their intimate friend.
Synonyms
close, bosom, boon, dear, cherished, familiar, confidential, faithful, constant, devoted, fast, firm, favourite, special
informal chummy, pally, as thick as thieves
1. 1.1 (of a place or setting) having a cosy and private or relaxed atmosphere.
  （指地方或环境）气氛融洽的，气氛怡人的
  an intimate little Italian restaurant
  一家气氛宜人的意大利小餐馆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Best of all, the more intimate settings of regionals provide ample opportunity to meet colleagues and network.
  This small restaurant is hidden away in the bowels of the place, and has a cosy, intimate atmosphere more akin to a city-centre restaurant than a golf club.
  Although I am a fan of the mainstage at the Bard on the Beach, the intimate setting of the stage was perfect for the staging of Macbeth.
  There are some economic advantages to small, intimate places that function informally.
  Its 2500 square feet of accommodation is cleverly spread over five levels, with the result that this is a large house which has retained a cosy, intimate atmosphere.
  Stepping up from the smoky, buzzing pub that it sits atop, my friend Linda and I were immediately enveloped into a cosy, intimate space painted a deep royal blue and set off by the warm glow of mood lighting.
  The original features, with elegant coving and panelling can be found throughout the hotel, but especially in the dining room, they create a warm, intimate atmosphere.
  The intimate setting, the interactive, spontaneous nature of the show and the versatility of the talent make for a fun and unique evening.
  The 60-seat theatre space offers an intimate setting between the actors and the audience.
  It's a lovely intimate place and to me, the big theatres are a thing of the past and this is the future.
  A night with this Birr native in the intimate setting of Moon River, where there is room for only 90, will be a very special evening's entertainment.
  This culinary hotel combines international style and luxury with welcoming hospitality and personal attention in a warm, intimate atmosphere.
  All ten members of the team had to hot-foot it round the corner to Studio 7, a cosy, intimate place but not our friend S6.
  But the pretty singer has planned that her Dublin debut should take place in front of her own fans in a more intimate setting…
  When he's not traveling, which he does frequently, Henry can be found hanging out in the studio where the warm and intimate setting is enhanced with the sounds of jazz.
  It's a warm, intimate place with only seven tables, but the food is as good as anything you'll find in bigger city establishments.
  The ‘open mike’ idea gives an opportunity to singers and musicians of every style to come up and perform in a relaxed, intimate setting.
  He did not like using computers, but one wonders if the many fine blogs that make faraway and foreign spaces into intimate places for us would have changed his mind about technology.
  It's an intimate place, a private place, but we invited the audience to watch us work.
  If that crowd has a more intimate place to go where they'll know a lot of the people, they'll like that better.
  Synonyms
  friendly, warm, welcoming, hospitable, harmonious, relaxed, informal, easy
  cosy, comfortable, snug
  tête-à-tête
  informal comfy
2. 1.2 Involving very close connection.
  密切的，紧密的
  their intimate involvement with their community
  他们与所居社区的紧密关系。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The two main whines were about the danger to civilians and the slowness of the operation, but there was very little intelligent discussion of the intimate connection between these two.
  Both men had an intimate connection to that lovely picture.
  Though the new Supreme Court would presumably include the present law lords, it would lose its intimate connection with the legislature.
  They have intimate connections with banks in all kinds of daily ways.
  But his claiming to have no reason is a different matter for, as language suggests and as we shall see, there is an intimate connection between reason and rationality.
  Most importantly, we'll be able to enhance our biological intelligence with non-biological intelligence through intimate connections.
  They have intimate connections with the corporate world, access to the opinions of hordes of market analysts, and are paid handsomely to manage our savings.
  There is an intimate connection between the methods employed by terrorist organizations and the nationalist or religio-communalist politics upon which they are based.
  Implicit in this exchange is the intimate connection of race with nationality that is inextricable from the history of the evolving concept of race.
  The violence perpetrated by the police and state-run institutions has an intimate connection with the drug trade itself.
  That in itself might seem extraordinary, considering the intimate connection between Dutch and Scottish painting, and the fact that the artist painted 3,000 pictures.
  But in return, the occupants get an incomparably intimate connection to the rhythms of the river.
  In doing so, he reveals the intimate connection between liberal narratives of race and the discourse of American exceptionalism.
  ‘This more intimate connection with my students allows my attention to be completely focused on them,’ said Clint.
  These traditions allow us to see an intimate connection between scientific inquiry and beauty.
  The beneficiaries of this fire sale will be transnational companies and China's wealthy elite, who have intimate connections to the political leadership.
  There is a more intimate connection between substance involvement and crime than merely that the same permanent personality traits predict both.
  As an extension of this plan, the family would launch needless wars, thus allowing it to amass a huge fortune through its intimate connection with the military-industrial complex.
  In helping with challenging campers, the nursing staff can address the intimate mind/body connection of the camper.
  In light of the intimate connection between this idea and the ideas which form the corps of fundamentalist Islam, we may find that we are fighting it as well.
3. 1.3 (of knowledge) detailed or thorough.
  （知识）详尽的；深刻的，彻底的
  an intimate knowledge of the software
  对该软件的详尽了解。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I doubt whether any senior members of the opposition, either, have enough intimate knowledge of Asian societies and customs to be effective.
  Even there, Adam created a trio of sisters whose emotional interplay betrays an intimate knowledge of twisted sibling diplomacy.
  There, he was to spend 22 years as a fitter of escalators, a job which he knew inside out and excelled at through his intimate knowledge of the business.
  A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge.
  The wily, galvanising 66-year-old, has an intimate knowledge of football's cul-de-sacs.
  Proper end-of-life care requires an intimate knowledge of the dying patient and experience with a wide range of treatment modalities.
  People know where they live at a level of intimate knowledge that no professional can compete with.
  Certainly it is very common for wives to have intimate knowledge of the work memo stylings of their husbands and can vouch for their reliability 30 years after the fact.
  A particular generation may see itself progressing but the next generation may not have any intimate knowledge of that kind of crisis, that conversion experience, that new vision.
  But given, as we know, that these things can take all sorts of twists and turns, I think any chairman of the authority would want his or her clerk well out of intimate knowledge of these matters.
  Steve possesses deep, intimate knowledge of both Churchill and Reagan, having written books on each, though he deploys his learning lightly.
  A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes.
  For instance, history and intimate knowledge of a society are way outside the scope of his economic vision, even though they must feed the model in an utterly essential way.
  Let me ask you this, because you do have experience, intimate knowledge of the country, its people.
  Within every masochist lies the deep seated and intimate knowledge of the sadist - and vice versa.
  We conclude that it is still possible that our current understanding of planetary systems is unduly coloured by our intimate knowledge of our own solar system.
  To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits.
  Obviously, the curator of an owning museum will have intimate knowledge of their collection and would not lightly make such a decision.
  And the locals had intimate knowledge of the trails.
  Their intimate knowledge of plants, birds and other creatures of the tropical jungle could help advances in medical sciences.
  Synonyms
  detailed, thorough, exhaustive, deep, in-depth, profound
  experienced, personal, first-hand, direct, immediate
2Private and personal.
私下的，个人的，隐私的
intimate details of his sexual encounters
深入探讨他性经历的隐私细节。
Example sentencesExamples
- They thought I was going to tell intimate, personal details about her life.
- Freud, the man who spent his life investigating the kind of intimate secrets which people strive to conceal from themselves as well as from others, was extremely reluctant to reveal his own.
- Children are also increasingly joining the trend of writing online diaries, or ‘blogs’, which often contain intimate personal details.
- Their interrogation was demeaning and humiliating, probing the most intimate details of my personal and family life.
- Although she refuses to discuss intimate details of her personal life, her music itself is autobiographical.
- With perfect anonymity, I paged through the most intimate details of other people's lives.
- When people share intimate details of their lives with a virtual stranger, it affirms that an implicit context of trust has been established.
- After all, designing our living space is a way of ordering the most personal, intimate details of our day-to-day existence.
- At a time when public figures and celebrities are revealing intimate details about their personalities and home life, the press reflects our confessional culture.
- Just remember that you do not - in fact, should not - share all the intimate details of your private life with them.
- But the lesbian scene can feel crushingly claustrophobic, with people knowing the intimate details of your life before they've even met you.
- Many writers use the intimate detail of their personal experience to provide the material for their songs.
- Banking is a private, intimate activity and most people want to do it with someone they know, rather than a different person every week.
- Because you don't really want complete strangers overhearing the most intimate details of your personal hygiene routine, do you?
- Never once did I exploit the intimate details of my personal life.
- Why does the government care so much about the twists and turns of people's private, intimate lives?
- How can he possibly cringe at the intimate details of people's lives?
- In still fewer cases will the ads disclose some of the most private, intimate details of our personal feelings and sexual histories.
- Secretly filming people in intimate situations without their consent should see voyeurs jailed for up to three years, the Law Commission recommends in a report released today.
- I'm afraid that too many reviewers are disappointed when a memoir is not a dishy tell-all, serving up personal, intimate details.
Synonyms
personal, private, confidential, secret
innermost, inmost, inner, inward, deep, deepest, darkest, deep-seated
unspoken, undeclared, undisclosed, unvoiced
1. 2.1euphemistic predicative Having a sexual relationship.
  they plan to wait before becoming intimate with one another
  Example sentencesExamples
  We have not been intimate with one another, so sex too early in the relationship wasn't the ruining factor.
  Dating lets you get intimate with someone without the commitment, contributing to broken hearts.
  I suppose the one reason why I am so anxious to make a decision is because the next person I want to be intimate with has to care about me more than I care about them.
  When taking your medical history, does your doctor ask questions like: Are you intimate with men?
  She stalked us to no end with claims that she had herpes, that she had been intimate with Kenny, and that we all needed to seek medical attention.
  He called me up a few days ago, however, to confess he got drunk, picked up a woman in a bar, took her home, and was intimate with her.
  All of this goes into being intimate with someone.
  Two questions - how did you come to find out that he'd been intimate with other women?
  There are, in fact, many choices that lead to the ultimate choice to be sexually intimate with someone outside your partnership.
  Yes, I think women are very beautiful, and I love being friends with women and being intimate with women.
  When you become sexually intimate with a man in order to boost your self-esteem, you're opting for a quick fix of attention.
  I felt I'd found the perfect person for me and thought he felt the same… until recently, when he told me of his desire for me to be intimate with another man and him.
  Even though she was sexually intimate with Tony, Sharon sees Tony's silence on his HIV status as stoic rather than a breach of trust.
  We were intimate with each other, and the love was definitely there.
  Invite him to ask you questions, and let him know of your desire to be sexually intimate with him once precautions are taken.
  I've dated one girl four times but have not have not been intimate with anyone.
  About a year ago I really started to miss being sexually intimate with a man.
  Synonyms
  sexual, carnal, amorous, amatory, romantic
  formal fornicatory

noun ˈɪntɪmətˈɪn(t)əmət

A very close friend.
至交，知己，密友
his circle of intimates
他的密友圈子。
Example sentencesExamples
- Well, I was one of his friends, but I wasn't one of his real intimates.
- The same study investigates the question whether executions deter crimes of passion and murders by intimates.
- Humour is said to loosen boundaries between strangers and strengthen bonds between friends and intimates.
- We were intimates, friends who could share our deepest fears, loves and hopes.
- In 1948-49 they were ordered to write up everything learnt about Adolf Hitler through interrogations of his captured intimates.
- But they reflect a common but treacherous error: that thoughts appropriate to reveal to friends and intimates are also appropriate to reveal to the world.
- This finding is understandable given that, in Asian culture, people tend to seek help from intimates, including friends and family, rather than a stranger, such as a counselor.
- Usually these prayers, whether in worship or personal devotions, include petitions for four overlapping groups of people: intimates and friends, public authorities, enemies and the needy.
- I was always Alfred and my intimates knew me so, until a Scottish aunt much later insisted on adding the Scottish form of Alistair.
- These are just your people, your family, these are your closest intimates, the ones you have the most fun with and relate to on the most comfortable, silly level.
- His reliance on a small circle of trusted intimates, most marked after 1471, has an Arthurian ring to it; and his knights were collectively as reliable and loyal as Arthur's fabled round-tablers.
- And though it strewed the stage with disaster and disgrace, nevertheless, not even their closest intimates could presume to reproach them.
- Finally, although we expect that street kids will not trust authority figures, one might assume that they will trust their friends and intimates, the social network that is part of their life on the street.
- The fellow with the cell phone, ironically named Virgil, chats obsessively on it with a number of intimates, including his former girlfriend Alice.
- Her pro-euthanasia friends and intimates were secure in their moral knowledge and capacities when she took her fatal dose.
- This latter finding is particularly telling as trust in friends and intimates does act as a stress buffer for street kids.
- His few intimates found him a warm friend, and he was a loving, even playful husband to two successive wives, both daughters of Presbyterian ministers who were college presidents.
- She is increasingly agitated and anxious over her medical condition, keeping it secret from all but her closest intimates.
- The task becomes all the more difficult when they often do not even trust their friends and intimates.
- In all but a few of the Canadian true-crime stories, the sins of pride, envy, anger, greed and lust led to the murders of people who had known each other, either as friends, intimates or rivals.
Synonyms
close friend, best friend, bosom friend, constant companion, alter ego, confidant, confidante, close associate
informal chum, pal, buddy, crony, sidekick, cully, spar, main man
British informal mate, mucker, china, oppo, butty, bezzie
Northern English informal marrow, marrer, marra
North American &amp South African informal homeboy, homegirl
South African informal gabba
Australian/New Zealand informal offsider
rare fidus Achates

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare 'impress, make familiar', from intimus 'inmost'.

intimate²

verb ˈɪntɪmeɪtˈɪn(t)əˌmeɪt

[with object]

1State or make known.
宣布，表示，通告
Mr Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire
哈奇森先生表露了他即将退休的决定。
Example sentencesExamples
- Here Maury's chronometrical sea science intimates the degree to which the chronometer had come, in the Victorian age, to embody nothing less than rationality itself.
- The handclaps that begin the song intimate a playfulness throughout, and a funky guitar and fuzzy keys sew together seemingly independent jams.
- This is an auteur who works from deep within herself to establish a mood, adumbrate a design, build a tempo, and intimate an idea.
- It intimated emancipation, a freeing of the mind.
- It was a male voice, but it must have been someone from her office, or what ever celebrities have, because I get another nasty e-mail intimating legal action.
- My delayed reaction intimated a need for clarification.
- I haven't got a clue either, and it isn't the first time, as intimated by my use of this unique morsel for the title of what you are now reading.
- Now, as we intimated a week ago, the thought that he might depart to run the Victoria and Albert Museum fills the chattering classes with horror.
- Lane intimated the donations were disclosed in the annual report, however finding the exact reference in the 110 pages has eluded your correspondent.
- This bird of night portends misplaced anger and hasty decisions, and intimates an imminent death.
- Woodward intimated last month that he would prefer new faces on the board rather than launch a bid for the company.
- I intimate these things to Ed, my mailman, who nods politely.
- Together they prompted riots at the screenings of their work, with gruesome and incendiary images that intimated the moral bankruptcy of bourgeois values and institutions.
- The Indian Paralympic Committee, which has intimated his selection, has stated that being a voluntary organisation, it was not in a position to extend any financial help.
- However, it must be remembered that similar sentiments have often been intimated by other observers.
- Well, I think they were - they - they intimated a great deal, but they were never as blatant as the press is today.
- Arnold believed that the spirit of the age intimates equality.
- I intimated something like this to my tutor, perhaps without so much detail, and she suggested that maybe a reliance on qualitative data could well be more suited to my research focus.
- There beginning in the sixth paragraph an answer was intimated.
- He moved to live in Australia, he said to ease the pain of arthritis, although some intimated it was to escape the gaze of Her Majesty's Inspector Of Taxes.
Synonyms
announce, state, proclaim, set forth, make known, make public, make plain, impart, disclose, reveal, divulge
tell, inform
imply, suggest, hint at, insinuate, indicate, signal, allude to, refer to, communicate, convey
give someone an inkling of
informal tip someone the wink about, get at, drive at
1. 1.1with clause Imply or hint.
  提示；暗示
  he had already intimated that he might not be able to continue
  他早已暗示自己可能无法继续下去。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong.
  He hasn't said outright that he is in favour of CDL but he intimates that he is.
  Grumpily, he backed down, though not without intimating that he would indeed take up the matter with People of Influence whom he knew.
  Wilson intimates that something has died in the black community and this death represents that loss.
  He was intimating that some type of review was going on, but no decisions had been made.
  Others, a minority, posed as misplaced geniuses, intimating that teaching us was way beneath them and was only done for reasons of need.
  I leaned against her doorframe, swinging the book in my hand, saying good night several times until I was absolutely sure she wasn't intimating that I stay a little longer.
  She intimates that it would have been on her list of demands for years had she imagined such a thing to exist.
  Putting the straw man arguments aside for one moment, are you intimating that other ethnic minorities have not cost the U.S. money in ‘social programs’?
  When he intimates that medical marvels will quickly follow his termination of a nonexistent ‘ban’ on stem-cell research, his dishonesty exceeds even his philistinism.
  The man bullies fragile-looking Dave into the car, intimating that he's going to drive down a couple of blocks to rat the boy out to his mother.
  Recently, having celebrated the fifth anniversary of her inauguration, she intimated that, yes, she was interested in running for a second seven-year term.
  ‘Selecting himself for the national team has intimated that,’ he suggested.
  I understand that five NCL teams have already intimated that they would like to join the summer-based league.
  He has implied it, insinuated it, hinted it, and intimated it, but he has not suggested it.
  Thanks for intimating that you and she had some kind of thing going on as a result of which she had to make a choice.
  The ending monologue intimates that he's not above selling your services to the highest bidder, but it was the phrase ‘illusion of free will’ that caught my ear.
  The transfer window just passed saw comments in the press from Kelly intimating that he wanted to move on should he fail to nail a first-team slot.
  He intimates that he has a long-term lover and that he is within the ‘great happiness narrative’ of the loving twosome.
  Recently a paragraph appeared in the paper columns intimating that the curious object on the hillside was ‘casting its coat,’ as it was in need of a whitewash.

Origin

Early 16th century: (earlier (late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- 'made known', from the verb intimare (see intimate¹).

intimate¹

adjectiveˈin(t)əmətˈɪn(t)əmət

1Closely acquainted; familiar, close.
熟悉的，亲密的，亲切的
intimate friends
亲密的朋友。
they are on intimate terms
他们关系亲密。
Example sentencesExamples
- Argerich is on intimate terms with the composers whose work she performs.
- If you're on incredibly intimate terms with your flatmates, get them to check for you.
- Examples include finding yourself wandering by a dual carriageway at 5am, or finding yourself snogging someone with no idea how you got onto intimate terms with them.
- He's brought another man with him, and they exchange a few words that suggest that they are on intimate terms.
- Even his intimate friends in the literary circuit dread the occasional outbursts which reflect his cynical humour and contempt for hypocrites.
- Apart from everything else, I am their intimate friend.
- Margot writes Anne that she does not hold a grudge, and that she would not confide in someone unless they were on intimate terms.
- We have been led to believe that you and she knew each other on intimate terms.
- He was the outsider who was on intimate terms with them, communicating through comic mime with expressions and gestures that became a well known code.
- Today, I'm told, the people of Basra whisper and mumble about the intifada, but only among family members at home or in tearooms with their most intimate friends.
- The following day an intimate crowd of friends and family gather in the backyard under a small gazebo to watch the pseudo match-up.
- Although Johnson himself was a fervent Tory, it is interesting to note that he was on friendly and intimate terms with several well-known Whigs.
- It should have come as no surprise that Berger and Schröder were on intimate terms.
- Then Cady has to make intimate friends - leapfrogging rank and precedence with miraculous speed - with the villainesses of the piece.
- He has not convinced me that events would have transpired any differently if Roosevelt and Churchill had been on less intimate terms.
- And let your most intimate friends know you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with a fork than vote for the Liberal.
- He boasted that he was on intimate terms with several high-ranking police officers.
- In other words, when you are on fairly intimate terms with your diners, you are expected to compromise your recipes.
- The Heskeths were on intimate terms with Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, whose country seat was Knowsley Hall (six miles east of Liverpool).
- Kahlo, the most notorious of the three, was a member of Mexico's Communist movement, wife of radical leftist painter Diego Rivera, and intimate friend of Leon Trotsky.
Synonyms
close, bosom, boon, dear, cherished, familiar, confidential, faithful, constant, devoted, fast, firm, favourite, special
1. 1.1 (of a place or setting) having or creating an informal friendly atmosphere.
  （指地方或环境）气氛融洽的，气氛怡人的
  an intimate little Italian restaurant
  一家气氛宜人的意大利小餐馆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This culinary hotel combines international style and luxury with welcoming hospitality and personal attention in a warm, intimate atmosphere.
  Its 2500 square feet of accommodation is cleverly spread over five levels, with the result that this is a large house which has retained a cosy, intimate atmosphere.
  All ten members of the team had to hot-foot it round the corner to Studio 7, a cosy, intimate place but not our friend S6.
  It's a lovely intimate place and to me, the big theatres are a thing of the past and this is the future.
  It's a warm, intimate place with only seven tables, but the food is as good as anything you'll find in bigger city establishments.
  The original features, with elegant coving and panelling can be found throughout the hotel, but especially in the dining room, they create a warm, intimate atmosphere.
  But the pretty singer has planned that her Dublin debut should take place in front of her own fans in a more intimate setting…
  The ‘open mike’ idea gives an opportunity to singers and musicians of every style to come up and perform in a relaxed, intimate setting.
  It's an intimate place, a private place, but we invited the audience to watch us work.
  A night with this Birr native in the intimate setting of Moon River, where there is room for only 90, will be a very special evening's entertainment.
  If that crowd has a more intimate place to go where they'll know a lot of the people, they'll like that better.
  There are some economic advantages to small, intimate places that function informally.
  Best of all, the more intimate settings of regionals provide ample opportunity to meet colleagues and network.
  The intimate setting, the interactive, spontaneous nature of the show and the versatility of the talent make for a fun and unique evening.
  Although I am a fan of the mainstage at the Bard on the Beach, the intimate setting of the stage was perfect for the staging of Macbeth.
  When he's not traveling, which he does frequently, Henry can be found hanging out in the studio where the warm and intimate setting is enhanced with the sounds of jazz.
  He did not like using computers, but one wonders if the many fine blogs that make faraway and foreign spaces into intimate places for us would have changed his mind about technology.
  Stepping up from the smoky, buzzing pub that it sits atop, my friend Linda and I were immediately enveloped into a cosy, intimate space painted a deep royal blue and set off by the warm glow of mood lighting.
  The 60-seat theatre space offers an intimate setting between the actors and the audience.
  This small restaurant is hidden away in the bowels of the place, and has a cosy, intimate atmosphere more akin to a city-centre restaurant than a golf club.
  Synonyms
  friendly, warm, welcoming, hospitable, harmonious, relaxed, informal, easy
2. 1.2 Involving very close connection.
  密切的，紧密的
  their intimate involvement with their community
  他们与所居社区的紧密关系。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They have intimate connections with the corporate world, access to the opinions of hordes of market analysts, and are paid handsomely to manage our savings.
  Most importantly, we'll be able to enhance our biological intelligence with non-biological intelligence through intimate connections.
  Both men had an intimate connection to that lovely picture.
  The violence perpetrated by the police and state-run institutions has an intimate connection with the drug trade itself.
  As an extension of this plan, the family would launch needless wars, thus allowing it to amass a huge fortune through its intimate connection with the military-industrial complex.
  ‘This more intimate connection with my students allows my attention to be completely focused on them,’ said Clint.
  There is a more intimate connection between substance involvement and crime than merely that the same permanent personality traits predict both.
  In helping with challenging campers, the nursing staff can address the intimate mind/body connection of the camper.
  They have intimate connections with banks in all kinds of daily ways.
  But his claiming to have no reason is a different matter for, as language suggests and as we shall see, there is an intimate connection between reason and rationality.
  The two main whines were about the danger to civilians and the slowness of the operation, but there was very little intelligent discussion of the intimate connection between these two.
  The beneficiaries of this fire sale will be transnational companies and China's wealthy elite, who have intimate connections to the political leadership.
  Implicit in this exchange is the intimate connection of race with nationality that is inextricable from the history of the evolving concept of race.
  These traditions allow us to see an intimate connection between scientific inquiry and beauty.
  Though the new Supreme Court would presumably include the present law lords, it would lose its intimate connection with the legislature.
  That in itself might seem extraordinary, considering the intimate connection between Dutch and Scottish painting, and the fact that the artist painted 3,000 pictures.
  In light of the intimate connection between this idea and the ideas which form the corps of fundamentalist Islam, we may find that we are fighting it as well.
  There is an intimate connection between the methods employed by terrorist organizations and the nationalist or religio-communalist politics upon which they are based.
  But in return, the occupants get an incomparably intimate connection to the rhythms of the river.
  In doing so, he reveals the intimate connection between liberal narratives of race and the discourse of American exceptionalism.
3. 1.3 (of knowledge) detailed or thorough.
  （知识）详尽的；深刻的，彻底的
  an intimate knowledge of the software
  对该软件的详尽了解。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Certainly it is very common for wives to have intimate knowledge of the work memo stylings of their husbands and can vouch for their reliability 30 years after the fact.
  Proper end-of-life care requires an intimate knowledge of the dying patient and experience with a wide range of treatment modalities.
  There, he was to spend 22 years as a fitter of escalators, a job which he knew inside out and excelled at through his intimate knowledge of the business.
  People know where they live at a level of intimate knowledge that no professional can compete with.
  But given, as we know, that these things can take all sorts of twists and turns, I think any chairman of the authority would want his or her clerk well out of intimate knowledge of these matters.
  A particular generation may see itself progressing but the next generation may not have any intimate knowledge of that kind of crisis, that conversion experience, that new vision.
  I doubt whether any senior members of the opposition, either, have enough intimate knowledge of Asian societies and customs to be effective.
  Let me ask you this, because you do have experience, intimate knowledge of the country, its people.
  The wily, galvanising 66-year-old, has an intimate knowledge of football's cul-de-sacs.
  Even there, Adam created a trio of sisters whose emotional interplay betrays an intimate knowledge of twisted sibling diplomacy.
  And the locals had intimate knowledge of the trails.
  A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes.
  Their intimate knowledge of plants, birds and other creatures of the tropical jungle could help advances in medical sciences.
  Within every masochist lies the deep seated and intimate knowledge of the sadist - and vice versa.
  To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits.
  We conclude that it is still possible that our current understanding of planetary systems is unduly coloured by our intimate knowledge of our own solar system.
  Steve possesses deep, intimate knowledge of both Churchill and Reagan, having written books on each, though he deploys his learning lightly.
  A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge.
  For instance, history and intimate knowledge of a society are way outside the scope of his economic vision, even though they must feed the model in an utterly essential way.
  Obviously, the curator of an owning museum will have intimate knowledge of their collection and would not lightly make such a decision.
  Synonyms
  detailed, thorough, exhaustive, deep, in-depth, profound
2Private and personal.
私下的，个人的，隐私的
intimate details of his sexual encounters
深入探讨他性经历的隐私细节。
intimate correspondence
私人通信。
Example sentencesExamples
- Banking is a private, intimate activity and most people want to do it with someone they know, rather than a different person every week.
- At a time when public figures and celebrities are revealing intimate details about their personalities and home life, the press reflects our confessional culture.
- Never once did I exploit the intimate details of my personal life.
- When people share intimate details of their lives with a virtual stranger, it affirms that an implicit context of trust has been established.
- Freud, the man who spent his life investigating the kind of intimate secrets which people strive to conceal from themselves as well as from others, was extremely reluctant to reveal his own.
- Although she refuses to discuss intimate details of her personal life, her music itself is autobiographical.
- Secretly filming people in intimate situations without their consent should see voyeurs jailed for up to three years, the Law Commission recommends in a report released today.
- Just remember that you do not - in fact, should not - share all the intimate details of your private life with them.
- With perfect anonymity, I paged through the most intimate details of other people's lives.
- But the lesbian scene can feel crushingly claustrophobic, with people knowing the intimate details of your life before they've even met you.
- Many writers use the intimate detail of their personal experience to provide the material for their songs.
- Children are also increasingly joining the trend of writing online diaries, or ‘blogs’, which often contain intimate personal details.
- In still fewer cases will the ads disclose some of the most private, intimate details of our personal feelings and sexual histories.
- Their interrogation was demeaning and humiliating, probing the most intimate details of my personal and family life.
- They thought I was going to tell intimate, personal details about her life.
- After all, designing our living space is a way of ordering the most personal, intimate details of our day-to-day existence.
- Why does the government care so much about the twists and turns of people's private, intimate lives?
- How can he possibly cringe at the intimate details of people's lives?
- Because you don't really want complete strangers overhearing the most intimate details of your personal hygiene routine, do you?
- I'm afraid that too many reviewers are disappointed when a memoir is not a dishy tell-all, serving up personal, intimate details.
Synonyms
personal, private, confidential, secret
1. 2.1euphemistic predicative Used euphemistically to indicate that a couple is having a sexual relationship.
  〈婉〉有性关系的
  they plan to wait before becoming intimate with one another
  Example sentencesExamples
  She stalked us to no end with claims that she had herpes, that she had been intimate with Kenny, and that we all needed to seek medical attention.
  Invite him to ask you questions, and let him know of your desire to be sexually intimate with him once precautions are taken.
  Two questions - how did you come to find out that he'd been intimate with other women?
  He called me up a few days ago, however, to confess he got drunk, picked up a woman in a bar, took her home, and was intimate with her.
  Even though she was sexually intimate with Tony, Sharon sees Tony's silence on his HIV status as stoic rather than a breach of trust.
  Yes, I think women are very beautiful, and I love being friends with women and being intimate with women.
  I felt I'd found the perfect person for me and thought he felt the same… until recently, when he told me of his desire for me to be intimate with another man and him.
  When you become sexually intimate with a man in order to boost your self-esteem, you're opting for a quick fix of attention.
  There are, in fact, many choices that lead to the ultimate choice to be sexually intimate with someone outside your partnership.
  I've dated one girl four times but have not have not been intimate with anyone.
  Dating lets you get intimate with someone without the commitment, contributing to broken hearts.
  When taking your medical history, does your doctor ask questions like: Are you intimate with men?
  We have not been intimate with one another, so sex too early in the relationship wasn't the ruining factor.
  All of this goes into being intimate with someone.
  We were intimate with each other, and the love was definitely there.
  I suppose the one reason why I am so anxious to make a decision is because the next person I want to be intimate with has to care about me more than I care about them.
  About a year ago I really started to miss being sexually intimate with a man.
  Synonyms
  sexual, carnal, amorous, amatory, romantic

nounˈin(t)əmətˈɪn(t)əmət

A very close friend.
至交，知己，密友
his circle of intimates
他的密友圈子。
Example sentencesExamples
- The same study investigates the question whether executions deter crimes of passion and murders by intimates.
- She is increasingly agitated and anxious over her medical condition, keeping it secret from all but her closest intimates.
- Usually these prayers, whether in worship or personal devotions, include petitions for four overlapping groups of people: intimates and friends, public authorities, enemies and the needy.
- In all but a few of the Canadian true-crime stories, the sins of pride, envy, anger, greed and lust led to the murders of people who had known each other, either as friends, intimates or rivals.
- Finally, although we expect that street kids will not trust authority figures, one might assume that they will trust their friends and intimates, the social network that is part of their life on the street.
- I was always Alfred and my intimates knew me so, until a Scottish aunt much later insisted on adding the Scottish form of Alistair.
- In 1948-49 they were ordered to write up everything learnt about Adolf Hitler through interrogations of his captured intimates.
- Humour is said to loosen boundaries between strangers and strengthen bonds between friends and intimates.
- But they reflect a common but treacherous error: that thoughts appropriate to reveal to friends and intimates are also appropriate to reveal to the world.
- Well, I was one of his friends, but I wasn't one of his real intimates.
- His reliance on a small circle of trusted intimates, most marked after 1471, has an Arthurian ring to it; and his knights were collectively as reliable and loyal as Arthur's fabled round-tablers.
- The fellow with the cell phone, ironically named Virgil, chats obsessively on it with a number of intimates, including his former girlfriend Alice.
- His few intimates found him a warm friend, and he was a loving, even playful husband to two successive wives, both daughters of Presbyterian ministers who were college presidents.
- These are just your people, your family, these are your closest intimates, the ones you have the most fun with and relate to on the most comfortable, silly level.
- Her pro-euthanasia friends and intimates were secure in their moral knowledge and capacities when she took her fatal dose.
- We were intimates, friends who could share our deepest fears, loves and hopes.
- The task becomes all the more difficult when they often do not even trust their friends and intimates.
- This latter finding is particularly telling as trust in friends and intimates does act as a stress buffer for street kids.
- This finding is understandable given that, in Asian culture, people tend to seek help from intimates, including friends and family, rather than a stranger, such as a counselor.
- And though it strewed the stage with disaster and disgrace, nevertheless, not even their closest intimates could presume to reproach them.
Synonyms
close friend, best friend, bosom friend, constant companion, alter ego, confidant, confidante, close associate

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’.

intimate²

verbˈɪn(t)əˌmeɪtˈin(t)əˌmāt

[with object]

1Imply or hint.
提示；暗示
with clause he had already intimated that he might not be able to continue
他早已暗示自己可能无法继续下去。
Example sentencesExamples
- He has implied it, insinuated it, hinted it, and intimated it, but he has not suggested it.
- She intimates that it would have been on her list of demands for years had she imagined such a thing to exist.
- Recently a paragraph appeared in the paper columns intimating that the curious object on the hillside was ‘casting its coat,’ as it was in need of a whitewash.
- I leaned against her doorframe, swinging the book in my hand, saying good night several times until I was absolutely sure she wasn't intimating that I stay a little longer.
- When he intimates that medical marvels will quickly follow his termination of a nonexistent ‘ban’ on stem-cell research, his dishonesty exceeds even his philistinism.
- He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong.
- He hasn't said outright that he is in favour of CDL but he intimates that he is.
- I understand that five NCL teams have already intimated that they would like to join the summer-based league.
- Putting the straw man arguments aside for one moment, are you intimating that other ethnic minorities have not cost the U.S. money in ‘social programs’?
- Thanks for intimating that you and she had some kind of thing going on as a result of which she had to make a choice.
- The ending monologue intimates that he's not above selling your services to the highest bidder, but it was the phrase ‘illusion of free will’ that caught my ear.
- The transfer window just passed saw comments in the press from Kelly intimating that he wanted to move on should he fail to nail a first-team slot.
- He was intimating that some type of review was going on, but no decisions had been made.
- Others, a minority, posed as misplaced geniuses, intimating that teaching us was way beneath them and was only done for reasons of need.
- ‘Selecting himself for the national team has intimated that,’ he suggested.
- Recently, having celebrated the fifth anniversary of her inauguration, she intimated that, yes, she was interested in running for a second seven-year term.
- Grumpily, he backed down, though not without intimating that he would indeed take up the matter with People of Influence whom he knew.
- Wilson intimates that something has died in the black community and this death represents that loss.
- The man bullies fragile-looking Dave into the car, intimating that he's going to drive down a couple of blocks to rat the boy out to his mother.
- He intimates that he has a long-term lover and that he is within the ‘great happiness narrative’ of the loving twosome.
1. 1.1 State or make known.
  宣布，表示，通告
  Mr. Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire
  哈奇森先生表露了他即将退休的决定。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This bird of night portends misplaced anger and hasty decisions, and intimates an imminent death.
  He moved to live in Australia, he said to ease the pain of arthritis, although some intimated it was to escape the gaze of Her Majesty's Inspector Of Taxes.
  This is an auteur who works from deep within herself to establish a mood, adumbrate a design, build a tempo, and intimate an idea.
  Together they prompted riots at the screenings of their work, with gruesome and incendiary images that intimated the moral bankruptcy of bourgeois values and institutions.
  However, it must be remembered that similar sentiments have often been intimated by other observers.
  Arnold believed that the spirit of the age intimates equality.
  Woodward intimated last month that he would prefer new faces on the board rather than launch a bid for the company.
  It intimated emancipation, a freeing of the mind.
  Here Maury's chronometrical sea science intimates the degree to which the chronometer had come, in the Victorian age, to embody nothing less than rationality itself.
  The handclaps that begin the song intimate a playfulness throughout, and a funky guitar and fuzzy keys sew together seemingly independent jams.
  My delayed reaction intimated a need for clarification.
  I intimate these things to Ed, my mailman, who nods politely.
  I haven't got a clue either, and it isn't the first time, as intimated by my use of this unique morsel for the title of what you are now reading.
  I intimated something like this to my tutor, perhaps without so much detail, and she suggested that maybe a reliance on qualitative data could well be more suited to my research focus.
  Well, I think they were - they - they intimated a great deal, but they were never as blatant as the press is today.
  Lane intimated the donations were disclosed in the annual report, however finding the exact reference in the 110 pages has eluded your correspondent.
  It was a male voice, but it must have been someone from her office, or what ever celebrities have, because I get another nasty e-mail intimating legal action.
  The Indian Paralympic Committee, which has intimated his selection, has stated that being a voluntary organisation, it was not in a position to extend any financial help.
  There beginning in the sixth paragraph an answer was intimated.
  Now, as we intimated a week ago, the thought that he might depart to run the Victoria and Albert Museum fills the chattering classes with horror.
  Synonyms
  announce, state, proclaim, set forth, make known, make public, make plain, impart, disclose, reveal, divulge
  imply, suggest, hint at, insinuate, indicate, signal, allude to, refer to, communicate, convey

Origin

Early 16th century: (earlier ( late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- ‘made known’, from the verb intimare (see intimate).

词汇	intimate
释义	intimate¹ adjective ˈɪntɪmətˈɪn(t)əmət 1Closely acquainted; familiar. 熟悉的，亲密的，亲切的 intimate friends 亲密的朋友。 they are on intimate terms 他们关系亲密。 Example sentencesExamples Examples include finding yourself wandering by a dual carriageway at 5am, or finding yourself snogging someone with no idea how you got onto intimate terms with them. Then Cady has to make intimate friends - leapfrogging rank and precedence with miraculous speed - with the villainesses of the piece. And let your most intimate friends know you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with a fork than vote for the Liberal. Margot writes Anne that she does not hold a grudge, and that she would not confide in someone unless they were on intimate terms. Today, I'm told, the people of Basra whisper and mumble about the intifada, but only among family members at home or in tearooms with their most intimate friends. The Heskeths were on intimate terms with Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, whose country seat was Knowsley Hall (six miles east of Liverpool). He has not convinced me that events would have transpired any differently if Roosevelt and Churchill had been on less intimate terms. He's brought another man with him, and they exchange a few words that suggest that they are on intimate terms. Kahlo, the most notorious of the three, was a member of Mexico's Communist movement, wife of radical leftist painter Diego Rivera, and intimate friend of Leon Trotsky. In other words, when you are on fairly intimate terms with your diners, you are expected to compromise your recipes. He boasted that he was on intimate terms with several high-ranking police officers. Although Johnson himself was a fervent Tory, it is interesting to note that he was on friendly and intimate terms with several well-known Whigs. It should have come as no surprise that Berger and Schröder were on intimate terms. Argerich is on intimate terms with the composers whose work she performs. The following day an intimate crowd of friends and family gather in the backyard under a small gazebo to watch the pseudo match-up. Even his intimate friends in the literary circuit dread the occasional outbursts which reflect his cynical humour and contempt for hypocrites. If you're on incredibly intimate terms with your flatmates, get them to check for you. We have been led to believe that you and she knew each other on intimate terms. He was the outsider who was on intimate terms with them, communicating through comic mime with expressions and gestures that became a well known code. Apart from everything else, I am their intimate friend. Synonyms close, bosom, boon, dear, cherished, familiar, confidential, faithful, constant, devoted, fast, firm, favourite, special informal chummy, pally, as thick as thieves 1.1 (of a place or setting) having a cosy and private or relaxed atmosphere. （指地方或环境）气氛融洽的，气氛怡人的 an intimate little Italian restaurant 一家气氛宜人的意大利小餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples Best of all, the more intimate settings of regionals provide ample opportunity to meet colleagues and network. This small restaurant is hidden away in the bowels of the place, and has a cosy, intimate atmosphere more akin to a city-centre restaurant than a golf club. Although I am a fan of the mainstage at the Bard on the Beach, the intimate setting of the stage was perfect for the staging of Macbeth. There are some economic advantages to small, intimate places that function informally. Its 2500 square feet of accommodation is cleverly spread over five levels, with the result that this is a large house which has retained a cosy, intimate atmosphere. Stepping up from the smoky, buzzing pub that it sits atop, my friend Linda and I were immediately enveloped into a cosy, intimate space painted a deep royal blue and set off by the warm glow of mood lighting. The original features, with elegant coving and panelling can be found throughout the hotel, but especially in the dining room, they create a warm, intimate atmosphere. The intimate setting, the interactive, spontaneous nature of the show and the versatility of the talent make for a fun and unique evening. The 60-seat theatre space offers an intimate setting between the actors and the audience. It's a lovely intimate place and to me, the big theatres are a thing of the past and this is the future. A night with this Birr native in the intimate setting of Moon River, where there is room for only 90, will be a very special evening's entertainment. This culinary hotel combines international style and luxury with welcoming hospitality and personal attention in a warm, intimate atmosphere. All ten members of the team had to hot-foot it round the corner to Studio 7, a cosy, intimate place but not our friend S6. But the pretty singer has planned that her Dublin debut should take place in front of her own fans in a more intimate setting… When he's not traveling, which he does frequently, Henry can be found hanging out in the studio where the warm and intimate setting is enhanced with the sounds of jazz. It's a warm, intimate place with only seven tables, but the food is as good as anything you'll find in bigger city establishments. The ‘open mike’ idea gives an opportunity to singers and musicians of every style to come up and perform in a relaxed, intimate setting. He did not like using computers, but one wonders if the many fine blogs that make faraway and foreign spaces into intimate places for us would have changed his mind about technology. It's an intimate place, a private place, but we invited the audience to watch us work. If that crowd has a more intimate place to go where they'll know a lot of the people, they'll like that better. Synonyms friendly, warm, welcoming, hospitable, harmonious, relaxed, informal, easy cosy, comfortable, snug tête-à-tête informal comfy 1.2 Involving very close connection. 密切的，紧密的 their intimate involvement with their community 他们与所居社区的紧密关系。 Example sentencesExamples The two main whines were about the danger to civilians and the slowness of the operation, but there was very little intelligent discussion of the intimate connection between these two. Both men had an intimate connection to that lovely picture. Though the new Supreme Court would presumably include the present law lords, it would lose its intimate connection with the legislature. They have intimate connections with banks in all kinds of daily ways. But his claiming to have no reason is a different matter for, as language suggests and as we shall see, there is an intimate connection between reason and rationality. Most importantly, we'll be able to enhance our biological intelligence with non-biological intelligence through intimate connections. They have intimate connections with the corporate world, access to the opinions of hordes of market analysts, and are paid handsomely to manage our savings. There is an intimate connection between the methods employed by terrorist organizations and the nationalist or religio-communalist politics upon which they are based. Implicit in this exchange is the intimate connection of race with nationality that is inextricable from the history of the evolving concept of race. The violence perpetrated by the police and state-run institutions has an intimate connection with the drug trade itself. That in itself might seem extraordinary, considering the intimate connection between Dutch and Scottish painting, and the fact that the artist painted 3,000 pictures. But in return, the occupants get an incomparably intimate connection to the rhythms of the river. In doing so, he reveals the intimate connection between liberal narratives of race and the discourse of American exceptionalism. ‘This more intimate connection with my students allows my attention to be completely focused on them,’ said Clint. These traditions allow us to see an intimate connection between scientific inquiry and beauty. The beneficiaries of this fire sale will be transnational companies and China's wealthy elite, who have intimate connections to the political leadership. There is a more intimate connection between substance involvement and crime than merely that the same permanent personality traits predict both. As an extension of this plan, the family would launch needless wars, thus allowing it to amass a huge fortune through its intimate connection with the military-industrial complex. In helping with challenging campers, the nursing staff can address the intimate mind/body connection of the camper. In light of the intimate connection between this idea and the ideas which form the corps of fundamentalist Islam, we may find that we are fighting it as well. 1.3 (of knowledge) detailed or thorough. （知识）详尽的；深刻的，彻底的 an intimate knowledge of the software 对该软件的详尽了解。 Example sentencesExamples I doubt whether any senior members of the opposition, either, have enough intimate knowledge of Asian societies and customs to be effective. Even there, Adam created a trio of sisters whose emotional interplay betrays an intimate knowledge of twisted sibling diplomacy. There, he was to spend 22 years as a fitter of escalators, a job which he knew inside out and excelled at through his intimate knowledge of the business. A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge. The wily, galvanising 66-year-old, has an intimate knowledge of football's cul-de-sacs. Proper end-of-life care requires an intimate knowledge of the dying patient and experience with a wide range of treatment modalities. People know where they live at a level of intimate knowledge that no professional can compete with. Certainly it is very common for wives to have intimate knowledge of the work memo stylings of their husbands and can vouch for their reliability 30 years after the fact. A particular generation may see itself progressing but the next generation may not have any intimate knowledge of that kind of crisis, that conversion experience, that new vision. But given, as we know, that these things can take all sorts of twists and turns, I think any chairman of the authority would want his or her clerk well out of intimate knowledge of these matters. Steve possesses deep, intimate knowledge of both Churchill and Reagan, having written books on each, though he deploys his learning lightly. A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes. For instance, history and intimate knowledge of a society are way outside the scope of his economic vision, even though they must feed the model in an utterly essential way. Let me ask you this, because you do have experience, intimate knowledge of the country, its people. Within every masochist lies the deep seated and intimate knowledge of the sadist - and vice versa. We conclude that it is still possible that our current understanding of planetary systems is unduly coloured by our intimate knowledge of our own solar system. To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits. Obviously, the curator of an owning museum will have intimate knowledge of their collection and would not lightly make such a decision. And the locals had intimate knowledge of the trails. Their intimate knowledge of plants, birds and other creatures of the tropical jungle could help advances in medical sciences. Synonyms detailed, thorough, exhaustive, deep, in-depth, profound experienced, personal, first-hand, direct, immediate 2Private and personal. 私下的，个人的，隐私的 intimate details of his sexual encounters 深入探讨他性经历的隐私细节。 Example sentencesExamples They thought I was going to tell intimate, personal details about her life. Freud, the man who spent his life investigating the kind of intimate secrets which people strive to conceal from themselves as well as from others, was extremely reluctant to reveal his own. Children are also increasingly joining the trend of writing online diaries, or ‘blogs’, which often contain intimate personal details. Their interrogation was demeaning and humiliating, probing the most intimate details of my personal and family life. Although she refuses to discuss intimate details of her personal life, her music itself is autobiographical. With perfect anonymity, I paged through the most intimate details of other people's lives. When people share intimate details of their lives with a virtual stranger, it affirms that an implicit context of trust has been established. After all, designing our living space is a way of ordering the most personal, intimate details of our day-to-day existence. At a time when public figures and celebrities are revealing intimate details about their personalities and home life, the press reflects our confessional culture. Just remember that you do not - in fact, should not - share all the intimate details of your private life with them. But the lesbian scene can feel crushingly claustrophobic, with people knowing the intimate details of your life before they've even met you. Many writers use the intimate detail of their personal experience to provide the material for their songs. Banking is a private, intimate activity and most people want to do it with someone they know, rather than a different person every week. Because you don't really want complete strangers overhearing the most intimate details of your personal hygiene routine, do you? Never once did I exploit the intimate details of my personal life. Why does the government care so much about the twists and turns of people's private, intimate lives? How can he possibly cringe at the intimate details of people's lives? In still fewer cases will the ads disclose some of the most private, intimate details of our personal feelings and sexual histories. Secretly filming people in intimate situations without their consent should see voyeurs jailed for up to three years, the Law Commission recommends in a report released today. I'm afraid that too many reviewers are disappointed when a memoir is not a dishy tell-all, serving up personal, intimate details. Synonyms personal, private, confidential, secret innermost, inmost, inner, inward, deep, deepest, darkest, deep-seated unspoken, undeclared, undisclosed, unvoiced 2.1euphemistic predicative Having a sexual relationship. they plan to wait before becoming intimate with one another Example sentencesExamples We have not been intimate with one another, so sex too early in the relationship wasn't the ruining factor. Dating lets you get intimate with someone without the commitment, contributing to broken hearts. I suppose the one reason why I am so anxious to make a decision is because the next person I want to be intimate with has to care about me more than I care about them. When taking your medical history, does your doctor ask questions like: Are you intimate with men? She stalked us to no end with claims that she had herpes, that she had been intimate with Kenny, and that we all needed to seek medical attention. He called me up a few days ago, however, to confess he got drunk, picked up a woman in a bar, took her home, and was intimate with her. All of this goes into being intimate with someone. Two questions - how did you come to find out that he'd been intimate with other women? There are, in fact, many choices that lead to the ultimate choice to be sexually intimate with someone outside your partnership. Yes, I think women are very beautiful, and I love being friends with women and being intimate with women. When you become sexually intimate with a man in order to boost your self-esteem, you're opting for a quick fix of attention. I felt I'd found the perfect person for me and thought he felt the same… until recently, when he told me of his desire for me to be intimate with another man and him. Even though she was sexually intimate with Tony, Sharon sees Tony's silence on his HIV status as stoic rather than a breach of trust. We were intimate with each other, and the love was definitely there. Invite him to ask you questions, and let him know of your desire to be sexually intimate with him once precautions are taken. I've dated one girl four times but have not have not been intimate with anyone. About a year ago I really started to miss being sexually intimate with a man. Synonyms sexual, carnal, amorous, amatory, romantic formal fornicatory noun ˈɪntɪmətˈɪn(t)əmət A very close friend. 至交，知己，密友 his circle of intimates 他的密友圈子。 Example sentencesExamples Well, I was one of his friends, but I wasn't one of his real intimates. The same study investigates the question whether executions deter crimes of passion and murders by intimates. Humour is said to loosen boundaries between strangers and strengthen bonds between friends and intimates. We were intimates, friends who could share our deepest fears, loves and hopes. In 1948-49 they were ordered to write up everything learnt about Adolf Hitler through interrogations of his captured intimates. But they reflect a common but treacherous error: that thoughts appropriate to reveal to friends and intimates are also appropriate to reveal to the world. This finding is understandable given that, in Asian culture, people tend to seek help from intimates, including friends and family, rather than a stranger, such as a counselor. Usually these prayers, whether in worship or personal devotions, include petitions for four overlapping groups of people: intimates and friends, public authorities, enemies and the needy. I was always Alfred and my intimates knew me so, until a Scottish aunt much later insisted on adding the Scottish form of Alistair. These are just your people, your family, these are your closest intimates, the ones you have the most fun with and relate to on the most comfortable, silly level. His reliance on a small circle of trusted intimates, most marked after 1471, has an Arthurian ring to it; and his knights were collectively as reliable and loyal as Arthur's fabled round-tablers. And though it strewed the stage with disaster and disgrace, nevertheless, not even their closest intimates could presume to reproach them. Finally, although we expect that street kids will not trust authority figures, one might assume that they will trust their friends and intimates, the social network that is part of their life on the street. The fellow with the cell phone, ironically named Virgil, chats obsessively on it with a number of intimates, including his former girlfriend Alice. Her pro-euthanasia friends and intimates were secure in their moral knowledge and capacities when she took her fatal dose. This latter finding is particularly telling as trust in friends and intimates does act as a stress buffer for street kids. His few intimates found him a warm friend, and he was a loving, even playful husband to two successive wives, both daughters of Presbyterian ministers who were college presidents. She is increasingly agitated and anxious over her medical condition, keeping it secret from all but her closest intimates. The task becomes all the more difficult when they often do not even trust their friends and intimates. In all but a few of the Canadian true-crime stories, the sins of pride, envy, anger, greed and lust led to the murders of people who had known each other, either as friends, intimates or rivals. Synonyms close friend, best friend, bosom friend, constant companion, alter ego, confidant, confidante, close associate informal chum, pal, buddy, crony, sidekick, cully, spar, main man British informal mate, mucker, china, oppo, butty, bezzie Northern English informal marrow, marrer, marra North American &amp South African informal homeboy, homegirl South African informal gabba Australian/New Zealand informal offsider rare fidus Achates Origin Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare 'impress, make familiar', from intimus 'inmost'. intimate² verb ˈɪntɪmeɪtˈɪn(t)əˌmeɪt [with object] 1State or make known. 宣布，表示，通告 Mr Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire 哈奇森先生表露了他即将退休的决定。 Example sentencesExamples Here Maury's chronometrical sea science intimates the degree to which the chronometer had come, in the Victorian age, to embody nothing less than rationality itself. The handclaps that begin the song intimate a playfulness throughout, and a funky guitar and fuzzy keys sew together seemingly independent jams. This is an auteur who works from deep within herself to establish a mood, adumbrate a design, build a tempo, and intimate an idea. It intimated emancipation, a freeing of the mind. It was a male voice, but it must have been someone from her office, or what ever celebrities have, because I get another nasty e-mail intimating legal action. My delayed reaction intimated a need for clarification. I haven't got a clue either, and it isn't the first time, as intimated by my use of this unique morsel for the title of what you are now reading. Now, as we intimated a week ago, the thought that he might depart to run the Victoria and Albert Museum fills the chattering classes with horror. Lane intimated the donations were disclosed in the annual report, however finding the exact reference in the 110 pages has eluded your correspondent. This bird of night portends misplaced anger and hasty decisions, and intimates an imminent death. Woodward intimated last month that he would prefer new faces on the board rather than launch a bid for the company. I intimate these things to Ed, my mailman, who nods politely. Together they prompted riots at the screenings of their work, with gruesome and incendiary images that intimated the moral bankruptcy of bourgeois values and institutions. The Indian Paralympic Committee, which has intimated his selection, has stated that being a voluntary organisation, it was not in a position to extend any financial help. However, it must be remembered that similar sentiments have often been intimated by other observers. Well, I think they were - they - they intimated a great deal, but they were never as blatant as the press is today. Arnold believed that the spirit of the age intimates equality. I intimated something like this to my tutor, perhaps without so much detail, and she suggested that maybe a reliance on qualitative data could well be more suited to my research focus. There beginning in the sixth paragraph an answer was intimated. He moved to live in Australia, he said to ease the pain of arthritis, although some intimated it was to escape the gaze of Her Majesty's Inspector Of Taxes. Synonyms announce, state, proclaim, set forth, make known, make public, make plain, impart, disclose, reveal, divulge tell, inform imply, suggest, hint at, insinuate, indicate, signal, allude to, refer to, communicate, convey give someone an inkling of informal tip someone the wink about, get at, drive at 1.1with clause Imply or hint. 提示；暗示 he had already intimated that he might not be able to continue 他早已暗示自己可能无法继续下去。 Example sentencesExamples He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong. He hasn't said outright that he is in favour of CDL but he intimates that he is. Grumpily, he backed down, though not without intimating that he would indeed take up the matter with People of Influence whom he knew. Wilson intimates that something has died in the black community and this death represents that loss. He was intimating that some type of review was going on, but no decisions had been made. Others, a minority, posed as misplaced geniuses, intimating that teaching us was way beneath them and was only done for reasons of need. I leaned against her doorframe, swinging the book in my hand, saying good night several times until I was absolutely sure she wasn't intimating that I stay a little longer. She intimates that it would have been on her list of demands for years had she imagined such a thing to exist. Putting the straw man arguments aside for one moment, are you intimating that other ethnic minorities have not cost the U.S. money in ‘social programs’? When he intimates that medical marvels will quickly follow his termination of a nonexistent ‘ban’ on stem-cell research, his dishonesty exceeds even his philistinism. The man bullies fragile-looking Dave into the car, intimating that he's going to drive down a couple of blocks to rat the boy out to his mother. Recently, having celebrated the fifth anniversary of her inauguration, she intimated that, yes, she was interested in running for a second seven-year term. ‘Selecting himself for the national team has intimated that,’ he suggested. I understand that five NCL teams have already intimated that they would like to join the summer-based league. He has implied it, insinuated it, hinted it, and intimated it, but he has not suggested it. Thanks for intimating that you and she had some kind of thing going on as a result of which she had to make a choice. The ending monologue intimates that he's not above selling your services to the highest bidder, but it was the phrase ‘illusion of free will’ that caught my ear. The transfer window just passed saw comments in the press from Kelly intimating that he wanted to move on should he fail to nail a first-team slot. He intimates that he has a long-term lover and that he is within the ‘great happiness narrative’ of the loving twosome. Recently a paragraph appeared in the paper columns intimating that the curious object on the hillside was ‘casting its coat,’ as it was in need of a whitewash. Origin Early 16th century: (earlier (late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- 'made known', from the verb intimare (see intimate¹). adj.1 verb.1 intimate¹ adjectiveˈin(t)əmətˈɪn(t)əmət 1Closely acquainted; familiar, close. 熟悉的，亲密的，亲切的 intimate friends 亲密的朋友。 they are on intimate terms 他们关系亲密。 Example sentencesExamples Argerich is on intimate terms with the composers whose work she performs. If you're on incredibly intimate terms with your flatmates, get them to check for you. Examples include finding yourself wandering by a dual carriageway at 5am, or finding yourself snogging someone with no idea how you got onto intimate terms with them. He's brought another man with him, and they exchange a few words that suggest that they are on intimate terms. Even his intimate friends in the literary circuit dread the occasional outbursts which reflect his cynical humour and contempt for hypocrites. Apart from everything else, I am their intimate friend. Margot writes Anne that she does not hold a grudge, and that she would not confide in someone unless they were on intimate terms. We have been led to believe that you and she knew each other on intimate terms. He was the outsider who was on intimate terms with them, communicating through comic mime with expressions and gestures that became a well known code. Today, I'm told, the people of Basra whisper and mumble about the intifada, but only among family members at home or in tearooms with their most intimate friends. The following day an intimate crowd of friends and family gather in the backyard under a small gazebo to watch the pseudo match-up. Although Johnson himself was a fervent Tory, it is interesting to note that he was on friendly and intimate terms with several well-known Whigs. It should have come as no surprise that Berger and Schröder were on intimate terms. Then Cady has to make intimate friends - leapfrogging rank and precedence with miraculous speed - with the villainesses of the piece. He has not convinced me that events would have transpired any differently if Roosevelt and Churchill had been on less intimate terms. And let your most intimate friends know you'd rather stab yourself in the eye with a fork than vote for the Liberal. He boasted that he was on intimate terms with several high-ranking police officers. In other words, when you are on fairly intimate terms with your diners, you are expected to compromise your recipes. The Heskeths were on intimate terms with Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, whose country seat was Knowsley Hall (six miles east of Liverpool). Kahlo, the most notorious of the three, was a member of Mexico's Communist movement, wife of radical leftist painter Diego Rivera, and intimate friend of Leon Trotsky. Synonyms close, bosom, boon, dear, cherished, familiar, confidential, faithful, constant, devoted, fast, firm, favourite, special 1.1 (of a place or setting) having or creating an informal friendly atmosphere. （指地方或环境）气氛融洽的，气氛怡人的 an intimate little Italian restaurant 一家气氛宜人的意大利小餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples This culinary hotel combines international style and luxury with welcoming hospitality and personal attention in a warm, intimate atmosphere. Its 2500 square feet of accommodation is cleverly spread over five levels, with the result that this is a large house which has retained a cosy, intimate atmosphere. All ten members of the team had to hot-foot it round the corner to Studio 7, a cosy, intimate place but not our friend S6. It's a lovely intimate place and to me, the big theatres are a thing of the past and this is the future. It's a warm, intimate place with only seven tables, but the food is as good as anything you'll find in bigger city establishments. The original features, with elegant coving and panelling can be found throughout the hotel, but especially in the dining room, they create a warm, intimate atmosphere. But the pretty singer has planned that her Dublin debut should take place in front of her own fans in a more intimate setting… The ‘open mike’ idea gives an opportunity to singers and musicians of every style to come up and perform in a relaxed, intimate setting. It's an intimate place, a private place, but we invited the audience to watch us work. A night with this Birr native in the intimate setting of Moon River, where there is room for only 90, will be a very special evening's entertainment. If that crowd has a more intimate place to go where they'll know a lot of the people, they'll like that better. There are some economic advantages to small, intimate places that function informally. Best of all, the more intimate settings of regionals provide ample opportunity to meet colleagues and network. The intimate setting, the interactive, spontaneous nature of the show and the versatility of the talent make for a fun and unique evening. Although I am a fan of the mainstage at the Bard on the Beach, the intimate setting of the stage was perfect for the staging of Macbeth. When he's not traveling, which he does frequently, Henry can be found hanging out in the studio where the warm and intimate setting is enhanced with the sounds of jazz. He did not like using computers, but one wonders if the many fine blogs that make faraway and foreign spaces into intimate places for us would have changed his mind about technology. Stepping up from the smoky, buzzing pub that it sits atop, my friend Linda and I were immediately enveloped into a cosy, intimate space painted a deep royal blue and set off by the warm glow of mood lighting. The 60-seat theatre space offers an intimate setting between the actors and the audience. This small restaurant is hidden away in the bowels of the place, and has a cosy, intimate atmosphere more akin to a city-centre restaurant than a golf club. Synonyms friendly, warm, welcoming, hospitable, harmonious, relaxed, informal, easy 1.2 Involving very close connection. 密切的，紧密的 their intimate involvement with their community 他们与所居社区的紧密关系。 Example sentencesExamples They have intimate connections with the corporate world, access to the opinions of hordes of market analysts, and are paid handsomely to manage our savings. Most importantly, we'll be able to enhance our biological intelligence with non-biological intelligence through intimate connections. Both men had an intimate connection to that lovely picture. The violence perpetrated by the police and state-run institutions has an intimate connection with the drug trade itself. As an extension of this plan, the family would launch needless wars, thus allowing it to amass a huge fortune through its intimate connection with the military-industrial complex. ‘This more intimate connection with my students allows my attention to be completely focused on them,’ said Clint. There is a more intimate connection between substance involvement and crime than merely that the same permanent personality traits predict both. In helping with challenging campers, the nursing staff can address the intimate mind/body connection of the camper. They have intimate connections with banks in all kinds of daily ways. But his claiming to have no reason is a different matter for, as language suggests and as we shall see, there is an intimate connection between reason and rationality. The two main whines were about the danger to civilians and the slowness of the operation, but there was very little intelligent discussion of the intimate connection between these two. The beneficiaries of this fire sale will be transnational companies and China's wealthy elite, who have intimate connections to the political leadership. Implicit in this exchange is the intimate connection of race with nationality that is inextricable from the history of the evolving concept of race. These traditions allow us to see an intimate connection between scientific inquiry and beauty. Though the new Supreme Court would presumably include the present law lords, it would lose its intimate connection with the legislature. That in itself might seem extraordinary, considering the intimate connection between Dutch and Scottish painting, and the fact that the artist painted 3,000 pictures. In light of the intimate connection between this idea and the ideas which form the corps of fundamentalist Islam, we may find that we are fighting it as well. There is an intimate connection between the methods employed by terrorist organizations and the nationalist or religio-communalist politics upon which they are based. But in return, the occupants get an incomparably intimate connection to the rhythms of the river. In doing so, he reveals the intimate connection between liberal narratives of race and the discourse of American exceptionalism. 1.3 (of knowledge) detailed or thorough. （知识）详尽的；深刻的，彻底的 an intimate knowledge of the software 对该软件的详尽了解。 Example sentencesExamples Certainly it is very common for wives to have intimate knowledge of the work memo stylings of their husbands and can vouch for their reliability 30 years after the fact. Proper end-of-life care requires an intimate knowledge of the dying patient and experience with a wide range of treatment modalities. There, he was to spend 22 years as a fitter of escalators, a job which he knew inside out and excelled at through his intimate knowledge of the business. People know where they live at a level of intimate knowledge that no professional can compete with. But given, as we know, that these things can take all sorts of twists and turns, I think any chairman of the authority would want his or her clerk well out of intimate knowledge of these matters. A particular generation may see itself progressing but the next generation may not have any intimate knowledge of that kind of crisis, that conversion experience, that new vision. I doubt whether any senior members of the opposition, either, have enough intimate knowledge of Asian societies and customs to be effective. Let me ask you this, because you do have experience, intimate knowledge of the country, its people. The wily, galvanising 66-year-old, has an intimate knowledge of football's cul-de-sacs. Even there, Adam created a trio of sisters whose emotional interplay betrays an intimate knowledge of twisted sibling diplomacy. And the locals had intimate knowledge of the trails. A more critically-minded minister of health services armed with more intimate knowledge of the subject might be more hesitant about making such broad changes. Their intimate knowledge of plants, birds and other creatures of the tropical jungle could help advances in medical sciences. Within every masochist lies the deep seated and intimate knowledge of the sadist - and vice versa. To go not the fastest against the clock, but most efficiently with the powers one has, which includes an intimate knowledge of and a healthy respect for one's own limits. We conclude that it is still possible that our current understanding of planetary systems is unduly coloured by our intimate knowledge of our own solar system. Steve possesses deep, intimate knowledge of both Churchill and Reagan, having written books on each, though he deploys his learning lightly. A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge. For instance, history and intimate knowledge of a society are way outside the scope of his economic vision, even though they must feed the model in an utterly essential way. Obviously, the curator of an owning museum will have intimate knowledge of their collection and would not lightly make such a decision. Synonyms detailed, thorough, exhaustive, deep, in-depth, profound 2Private and personal. 私下的，个人的，隐私的 intimate details of his sexual encounters 深入探讨他性经历的隐私细节。 intimate correspondence 私人通信。 Example sentencesExamples Banking is a private, intimate activity and most people want to do it with someone they know, rather than a different person every week. At a time when public figures and celebrities are revealing intimate details about their personalities and home life, the press reflects our confessional culture. Never once did I exploit the intimate details of my personal life. When people share intimate details of their lives with a virtual stranger, it affirms that an implicit context of trust has been established. Freud, the man who spent his life investigating the kind of intimate secrets which people strive to conceal from themselves as well as from others, was extremely reluctant to reveal his own. Although she refuses to discuss intimate details of her personal life, her music itself is autobiographical. Secretly filming people in intimate situations without their consent should see voyeurs jailed for up to three years, the Law Commission recommends in a report released today. Just remember that you do not - in fact, should not - share all the intimate details of your private life with them. With perfect anonymity, I paged through the most intimate details of other people's lives. But the lesbian scene can feel crushingly claustrophobic, with people knowing the intimate details of your life before they've even met you. Many writers use the intimate detail of their personal experience to provide the material for their songs. Children are also increasingly joining the trend of writing online diaries, or ‘blogs’, which often contain intimate personal details. In still fewer cases will the ads disclose some of the most private, intimate details of our personal feelings and sexual histories. Their interrogation was demeaning and humiliating, probing the most intimate details of my personal and family life. They thought I was going to tell intimate, personal details about her life. After all, designing our living space is a way of ordering the most personal, intimate details of our day-to-day existence. Why does the government care so much about the twists and turns of people's private, intimate lives? How can he possibly cringe at the intimate details of people's lives? Because you don't really want complete strangers overhearing the most intimate details of your personal hygiene routine, do you? I'm afraid that too many reviewers are disappointed when a memoir is not a dishy tell-all, serving up personal, intimate details. Synonyms personal, private, confidential, secret 2.1euphemistic predicative Used euphemistically to indicate that a couple is having a sexual relationship. 〈婉〉有性关系的 they plan to wait before becoming intimate with one another Example sentencesExamples She stalked us to no end with claims that she had herpes, that she had been intimate with Kenny, and that we all needed to seek medical attention. Invite him to ask you questions, and let him know of your desire to be sexually intimate with him once precautions are taken. Two questions - how did you come to find out that he'd been intimate with other women? He called me up a few days ago, however, to confess he got drunk, picked up a woman in a bar, took her home, and was intimate with her. Even though she was sexually intimate with Tony, Sharon sees Tony's silence on his HIV status as stoic rather than a breach of trust. Yes, I think women are very beautiful, and I love being friends with women and being intimate with women. I felt I'd found the perfect person for me and thought he felt the same… until recently, when he told me of his desire for me to be intimate with another man and him. When you become sexually intimate with a man in order to boost your self-esteem, you're opting for a quick fix of attention. There are, in fact, many choices that lead to the ultimate choice to be sexually intimate with someone outside your partnership. I've dated one girl four times but have not have not been intimate with anyone. Dating lets you get intimate with someone without the commitment, contributing to broken hearts. When taking your medical history, does your doctor ask questions like: Are you intimate with men? We have not been intimate with one another, so sex too early in the relationship wasn't the ruining factor. All of this goes into being intimate with someone. We were intimate with each other, and the love was definitely there. I suppose the one reason why I am so anxious to make a decision is because the next person I want to be intimate with has to care about me more than I care about them. About a year ago I really started to miss being sexually intimate with a man. Synonyms sexual, carnal, amorous, amatory, romantic nounˈin(t)əmətˈɪn(t)əmət A very close friend. 至交，知己，密友 his circle of intimates 他的密友圈子。 Example sentencesExamples The same study investigates the question whether executions deter crimes of passion and murders by intimates. She is increasingly agitated and anxious over her medical condition, keeping it secret from all but her closest intimates. Usually these prayers, whether in worship or personal devotions, include petitions for four overlapping groups of people: intimates and friends, public authorities, enemies and the needy. In all but a few of the Canadian true-crime stories, the sins of pride, envy, anger, greed and lust led to the murders of people who had known each other, either as friends, intimates or rivals. Finally, although we expect that street kids will not trust authority figures, one might assume that they will trust their friends and intimates, the social network that is part of their life on the street. I was always Alfred and my intimates knew me so, until a Scottish aunt much later insisted on adding the Scottish form of Alistair. In 1948-49 they were ordered to write up everything learnt about Adolf Hitler through interrogations of his captured intimates. Humour is said to loosen boundaries between strangers and strengthen bonds between friends and intimates. But they reflect a common but treacherous error: that thoughts appropriate to reveal to friends and intimates are also appropriate to reveal to the world. Well, I was one of his friends, but I wasn't one of his real intimates. His reliance on a small circle of trusted intimates, most marked after 1471, has an Arthurian ring to it; and his knights were collectively as reliable and loyal as Arthur's fabled round-tablers. The fellow with the cell phone, ironically named Virgil, chats obsessively on it with a number of intimates, including his former girlfriend Alice. His few intimates found him a warm friend, and he was a loving, even playful husband to two successive wives, both daughters of Presbyterian ministers who were college presidents. These are just your people, your family, these are your closest intimates, the ones you have the most fun with and relate to on the most comfortable, silly level. Her pro-euthanasia friends and intimates were secure in their moral knowledge and capacities when she took her fatal dose. We were intimates, friends who could share our deepest fears, loves and hopes. The task becomes all the more difficult when they often do not even trust their friends and intimates. This latter finding is particularly telling as trust in friends and intimates does act as a stress buffer for street kids. This finding is understandable given that, in Asian culture, people tend to seek help from intimates, including friends and family, rather than a stranger, such as a counselor. And though it strewed the stage with disaster and disgrace, nevertheless, not even their closest intimates could presume to reproach them. Synonyms close friend, best friend, bosom friend, constant companion, alter ego, confidant, confidante, close associate Origin Early 17th century (as a noun): from late Latin intimatus, past participle of Latin intimare ‘impress, make familiar’, from intimus ‘inmost’. intimate² verbˈɪn(t)əˌmeɪtˈin(t)əˌmāt [with object] 1Imply or hint. 提示；暗示 with clause he had already intimated that he might not be able to continue 他早已暗示自己可能无法继续下去。 Example sentencesExamples He has implied it, insinuated it, hinted it, and intimated it, but he has not suggested it. She intimates that it would have been on her list of demands for years had she imagined such a thing to exist. Recently a paragraph appeared in the paper columns intimating that the curious object on the hillside was ‘casting its coat,’ as it was in need of a whitewash. I leaned against her doorframe, swinging the book in my hand, saying good night several times until I was absolutely sure she wasn't intimating that I stay a little longer. When he intimates that medical marvels will quickly follow his termination of a nonexistent ‘ban’ on stem-cell research, his dishonesty exceeds even his philistinism. He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong. He hasn't said outright that he is in favour of CDL but he intimates that he is. I understand that five NCL teams have already intimated that they would like to join the summer-based league. Putting the straw man arguments aside for one moment, are you intimating that other ethnic minorities have not cost the U.S. money in ‘social programs’? Thanks for intimating that you and she had some kind of thing going on as a result of which she had to make a choice. The ending monologue intimates that he's not above selling your services to the highest bidder, but it was the phrase ‘illusion of free will’ that caught my ear. The transfer window just passed saw comments in the press from Kelly intimating that he wanted to move on should he fail to nail a first-team slot. He was intimating that some type of review was going on, but no decisions had been made. Others, a minority, posed as misplaced geniuses, intimating that teaching us was way beneath them and was only done for reasons of need. ‘Selecting himself for the national team has intimated that,’ he suggested. Recently, having celebrated the fifth anniversary of her inauguration, she intimated that, yes, she was interested in running for a second seven-year term. Grumpily, he backed down, though not without intimating that he would indeed take up the matter with People of Influence whom he knew. Wilson intimates that something has died in the black community and this death represents that loss. The man bullies fragile-looking Dave into the car, intimating that he's going to drive down a couple of blocks to rat the boy out to his mother. He intimates that he has a long-term lover and that he is within the ‘great happiness narrative’ of the loving twosome. 1.1 State or make known. 宣布，表示，通告 Mr. Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire 哈奇森先生表露了他即将退休的决定。 Example sentencesExamples This bird of night portends misplaced anger and hasty decisions, and intimates an imminent death. He moved to live in Australia, he said to ease the pain of arthritis, although some intimated it was to escape the gaze of Her Majesty's Inspector Of Taxes. This is an auteur who works from deep within herself to establish a mood, adumbrate a design, build a tempo, and intimate an idea. Together they prompted riots at the screenings of their work, with gruesome and incendiary images that intimated the moral bankruptcy of bourgeois values and institutions. However, it must be remembered that similar sentiments have often been intimated by other observers. Arnold believed that the spirit of the age intimates equality. Woodward intimated last month that he would prefer new faces on the board rather than launch a bid for the company. It intimated emancipation, a freeing of the mind. Here Maury's chronometrical sea science intimates the degree to which the chronometer had come, in the Victorian age, to embody nothing less than rationality itself. The handclaps that begin the song intimate a playfulness throughout, and a funky guitar and fuzzy keys sew together seemingly independent jams. My delayed reaction intimated a need for clarification. I intimate these things to Ed, my mailman, who nods politely. I haven't got a clue either, and it isn't the first time, as intimated by my use of this unique morsel for the title of what you are now reading. I intimated something like this to my tutor, perhaps without so much detail, and she suggested that maybe a reliance on qualitative data could well be more suited to my research focus. Well, I think they were - they - they intimated a great deal, but they were never as blatant as the press is today. Lane intimated the donations were disclosed in the annual report, however finding the exact reference in the 110 pages has eluded your correspondent. It was a male voice, but it must have been someone from her office, or what ever celebrities have, because I get another nasty e-mail intimating legal action. The Indian Paralympic Committee, which has intimated his selection, has stated that being a voluntary organisation, it was not in a position to extend any financial help. There beginning in the sixth paragraph an answer was intimated. Now, as we intimated a week ago, the thought that he might depart to run the Victoria and Albert Museum fills the chattering classes with horror. Synonyms announce, state, proclaim, set forth, make known, make public, make plain, impart, disclose, reveal, divulge imply, suggest, hint at, insinuate, indicate, signal, allude to, refer to, communicate, convey Origin Early 16th century: (earlier ( late Middle English) as intimation) from late Latin intimat- ‘made known’, from the verb intimare (see intimate). adj.1 verb.1
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