intimacy

英 ['ɪntɪməsɪ] 美['ɪntɪməsi]
  • n. 性行为;亲密;亲昵行为;隐私

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词态变化


复数: intimacies;

助记提示


1. in- => inter- => intim- "inmost" (最高级).
2. intim- "inmost" => "close friend" + -acy.
3. => closely acquainted, very familiar, inmost things.

中文词源


intimacy 亲密,密切

来自intimate,亲密的。

英英释意


1. close or warm friendship;
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
3. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together;
"their closeness grew as the night wore on"

英文词源


intimacy (n.)
1640s, from intimate + -cy. As a euphemism for "sexual intercourse," from 1670s.

考试真题


So what I’ve done is I’ve taken Sternberg’s three elements of love: intimacy, passion and commitment, and I’ve listed out the different kinds of relationships you would have if you had zero, one, two or three out of the three elements.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

So if you have all three of these, intimacy, passion and commitment, in Sternberg’s theory you have love.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Operationally, you could think intimacy as you share secrets: you share information with this person that you don’t share with anybody else.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

OK, that’s really what intimacy is: the bond that comes with sharing information that isn’t shared with other people.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Intimacy is the feeling of closeness, of connectedness with someone, of bonding.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

And he has a theory of love that argues that it’s made up of three components: intimacy,passion and commitment, or what is sometimes called decision commitment.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

And he has a theory of love that argues that it's made up of three components: intimacy,passion and commitment, or what is sometimes called decision commitment.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

OK, that's really what intimacy is: the bond that comes with sharing information that isn't shared with other people.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Operationally, you could think intimacy as you share secrets: you share information with this person that you don't share with anybody else.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

So if you have all three of these, intimacy, passion and commitment, in Sternberg's theory you have love.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

So what I've done is I've taken Sternberg's three elements of love: intimacy, passion and commitment, and I've listed out the different kinds of relationships you would have if you had zero, one, two or three out of the three elements.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

实用场景例句


...a means of achieving intimacy with another person.
与别人建立亲密关系的途径

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her sunburn made intimacy too painful...
她的皮肤晒伤了,使得想要亲热一下都变得很痛苦。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.
事实是他不想与任何女人发生性关系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the intimacies of a love scene.
恋爱场面的亲昵行为

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Their intimacy was now considerable.
现在他们已经相当亲密了.

辞典例句

The absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy.
围墙的消失创造了一种不可思议的亲密关系,在其中没有任何人知道什么是隐私.

期刊摘选

Can intimacy lead a couple to break up?
过于亲密会否导致婚姻破裂 呢 ?

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The intimacy of the room was enhanced by its warm colours.
房间温暖的色泽更增加它的舒适感.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

His intimacy with Japan makes him the likely choice as ambassador to that country.
他是日本通,很可能被委派为驻日大使.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Which all the rest of the County, Gerald was on terms of amity and some intimacy.
与郡里其他所有人家, 杰拉尔德都和睦相处,亲密无间.

期刊摘选

Ginseng can increase energy and libido, which can help solve intimacy problems.
人参可以增加活力和性欲, 从而帮助解决亲密关系的问题.

期刊摘选

He was not a man with whom any intimacy was possible.
象他这样一个人,是谁也无法接近的.

辞典例句

Any sharing between persons is helpful to intimacy.
亲密需要分享,任何的分享都能促进亲密关系的发展.

期刊摘选

When they did talk they slipped into the naive intimacy of college days.
他们一交谈就不知不觉地回到了大学时代天真亲密的气氛.

辞典例句

And with the loss of strangeness, there was space for intimacy.
既然失去了陌生感, 就为亲切感腾出了地方.

英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦

I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.
我希望能有个关于亲密的规则.

期刊摘选

Other barriers to intimacy included tiredness, work and " no time "
影响夫妻俩亲热的其它障碍包括疲倦 、 工作忙和 “ 没时间 ”

期刊摘选

I could recall no innocent intimacy.
我都回想不起来我们之间有过什么天真的亲密行为.

辞典例句

His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.
他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实.

《简明英汉词典》

But these technologies are not about raising a level of intimacy with someone one already knows.
但是这些技术不单单是提高和熟人的亲密度.

期刊摘选

At such times he withdraws from relationships or intimacy and remains stuck in his cave.
他从关系中孤立了,蛰伏在自己的洞穴里.

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But they still have the same small circles of intimacy as ever.
但他们仍然拥有同样的小规模的私密圈.

期刊摘选

Attraction provides the x factor for the sex, love, and intimacy we all crave.
对于我们渴望的性, 爱和亲密来说,吸引力是一个未知数, 举足轻重.

期刊摘选

A man burdened with a secret should especially avoid the intimacy of his physician.
一个藏有秘密的人应该特别避免与医生亲密相处.

英汉文学 - 红字

Intimacy is a lie we tell ourselves.
亲密的关系不过是我们告诉自己的谎言.

期刊摘选

I saw intimacy and eroticism, which 1 tried to capture in my chamber pot.
我看见亲密和性欲, 我企图在我所造的夜壶中捕捉这些神绪.

期刊摘选

He refused to tell it to me except in the intimacy of his room.
除非避开众人耳目在他房间里谈,否则他不肯把这件事告诉我.

辞典例句

Mother and daughter knitted together in perfect intimacy.
母子俩就这样相依为命.

辞典例句