familiarity

英 [fəˌmɪliˈærəti]

美 [fəˌmɪliˈærəti]

n. 熟悉; 通晓; 认识; 友好随和; 亲近

BNC.8643 / COCA.8057

习惯用语

familiarity breeds contempt

过分亲密就会有所侮慢
knowing sb/sth very well may cause you to lose admiration and respect for them/it

noun

熟悉；通晓；认识
the state of knowing sb/sth well; the state of recognizing sb/sth
1. His familiarity with the language helped him enjoy his stay.
  他通晓这种语言，所以逗留期间过得很惬意。
2. When she saw the house, she had a feeling of familiarity.
  她见到这座房子就有一种熟悉的感觉。
友好随和；亲近
a friendly informal manner
1. She addressed me with an easy familiarity that made me feel at home.
  她和我谈话亲切随和，使我不感到拘束。

noun

an act of undue intimacy
Synonym:improprietyindecorumliberty
close or warm friendship
1. the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
Synonym:intimacycloseness
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
a casual manner
Synonym:casualness
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Synonym:acquaintanceconversanceconversancy

You should have a general familiarity with defining, validating, and reading XML.
应该对XML的定义、验证和读取有一定了解。
This article assumes a general familiarity with basic project management, and with agile development concepts and terminology.
本文假定您熟悉基本项目管理、敏捷开发概念和术语。
Familiarity of the design and debug skill and related tools operation.
设计的熟悉和调试技巧和相关工具操作。
Perhaps they want familiarity, with names, brands and products they can trust.
或许，他们需要一种熟悉感，需要熟悉而能够信赖的名字、品牌和产品。
Some familiarity with the constructs of the C programming language is helpful, but it is not required.
如果您对C编程语言的构造比较熟悉，那么将会很有帮助，但这并不是必需的。
First, it depends on your degree of familiarity with them.
首先，要取决于你和对方的熟悉程度。
Her familiarity with Japanese surprised me.
她对日语的熟谙使我惊奇。
This has enhanced not only the kudos of distance learning but also its familiarity.
这不仅提高了远程教育的声誉，也让它被更多的人所熟悉。
He had behaved with undue and oily familiarity
他表现得过于亲热，媚态毕现。
He explains that the needs of the three types of users differ due to their familiarity with the product.
他解释到，三种类型用户的需求由他们熟悉产品程度的不同而不同。