friend /frend/ n. ［c］ 朋友：one’s girl friend 某人的女朋友 My mother met with an old friend of hers in the train. 我母亲在火车上遇到了她的一位老朋友。A friend in need is a friend indeed. ［谚］患难之交才是真朋友。make friends with交朋友：When he was in the countryside, he made friends with the peasants there.他在农村时，就和当地农民交上了朋友。be friends with 和…友好：Alice found several girls to be friends with on the first day of school. 上学第一天爱丽丝就和几个姑娘好上了。
friendly /ˈfrendli/ adj. 友好的：He is friendly with Tom. 他和汤姆很要好。We are friendly to the newcomer. 我们对这个新生很友好。The policeman signed to us to stop in a friendly way. 警察友好地示意我们停下。
friendship /ˈfrendʃip/ n.［c］&［u］友谊，友好，友情：a friendship association友好协会； form a friendship 建立友谊；a friendship with… 与…的友谊 Although they came from different countries, they lived together in friendship.虽然他们来自不同的国家，但却都能友好地生活在一起。We’ll try our best to improve the friendship between our two countries. 我们将尽最大努力增进我们两国间的友谊。
