Intimate

(verb.) give to understand; 'I insinuated that I did not like his wife'.

(adj.) marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity; 'intimate friend'; 'intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles' - V.L. Parrington .

(adj.) thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; 'this girl, so intimate with nature'-W.H.Hudson; 'knowledgeable about the technique of painting'- Herbert Read .

(adj.) involved in a sexual relationship; 'the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife'; 'she had been intimate with many men'; 'he touched her intimate parts' .

校对:玛拉

• Herbert was my intimate companion and friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Sir Percival's only intimate friend in the Fairlie family had been Laura's father. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The fellow was a rascal from the beginning, but, in some extraordinary way, James became intimate with him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Intimate as you are, you must know how it is to be done. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Mrs. Palmer and two elderly ladies of Mrs. Jennings's intimate acquaintance, whom she had met and invited in the morning, dined with them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• One of his most intimate friends was a merchant, who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• A nation must, so to speak, live close to its own life, be intimate and sympathetic with natural events. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It was on a Friday that he intimated this to Mrs. Sparsit at the Bank, adding: 'But you'll go down to-morrow, ma'am, all the same. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It signifies, he intimated, bloodshed and civil conflict. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Let me see, said the Prince, who dare stop him, fixing his eye on Cedric, whose attitude intimated his intention to hurl the Jew down headlong. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But, he intimated that when she came home he should hope to have the pleasure of entertaining me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Crackit intimated, by a motion of his hand as he left the room, that there was nothing to fear; and directly came back with Charley Bates behind him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• There was nobody but himself, he intimated, worthy of my confidence, and--in short, might he? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Having intimated my connection, my position in his eyes was henceforth clear, and on a right footing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Men's ambitions are apt to reflect the standards of their intimates. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When he was forty he began to talk about the reality of God, at first apparently only to his wife and a few intimates. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He remembered her vividly: she was one of his soul's intimates. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr. Briggs intimates that the answer to his application was not from Mr. Rochester, but from a lady: it is signed 'Alice Fairfax. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• His own soldiers, his own intimates, thought the latter, and at last stayed his career beyond the Indus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Sam buttoned the will carefully in a side pocket; intimating by a look, meanwhile, that he did mean it, and very seriously too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The question was addressed to Bumble; but his wife anticipated the reply, by intimating that she was perfectly acquainted with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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