familiarity
familiarity
(pl. -ies)
familiarity breeds contempt
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]close acquaintance with or knowledge of something
熟悉，熟知；通晓
increase customer familiarity with a product.
增加顾客对产品的熟悉度。
■the quality of being well known; recognizability based on long or close association
知名（度）；熟悉（度）
the reassuring familiarity of his parents' home.
父母家那种令人宽慰的熟悉感。
■relaxed friendliness or intimacy between people
友善；亲密
familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames.
因为关系亲密，我们可以互取绰号。
■inappropriate and often offensive informality of behaviour or language
（言行上让人不快的）随便，随意
the unnecessary familiarity made me dislike him at once.
这种不必要的随意让我立刻就讨厌他了。
familiarity breeds contempt
- (proverb)extensive knowledge of or close association with someone or something leads to a loss of respect for them or it
(谚)熟能生厌
- Middle English (in the senses 'close relationship' and 'sexual intimacy'): via Old French from Latin familiaritas, from familiaris 'familiar, intimate' (see familiar)
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