"Matt is one of my very good friends, so I did it as a friend, but also because I love playing the violin."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

This -- "Damon's Epitaph" ends with a virtual orgasm of Christian consolation as Milton gives his best friend the most unbelievable sendoff that is possible to give.

这--在《达蒙的墓志铭》的结尾,弥尔顿给了他最好的朋友他所能给的最不可思议的送别礼,是真实的肉体的欢愉，同时却又是基督教的慰藉。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Why are we unable to talk to a crowd as we talk to a single friend?

为什么我们不能跟一群人讲话,却可以单独同朋友高谈阔论？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Tars Tarkas has come with me as a friend.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Crito is named for a friend and disciple of Socrates who at the outset of the dialogue is sitting as a watchful guardian over his mentor.

克里托篇》的命名源自,苏格拉底的一名朋友及信徒,在对话之初,就诚心守护着他的这位良师益友。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

As she told a friend once: "In a life that stopped guessing, you and I should not feel at home."

VOA: special.2010.07.18

It's difficult to imagine that as an expression of genuine grief over the death of a genuinely close friend would take the form of a poem so learned, so filled with remote literary allusions and obscure opinions.

这首诗是为表达对挚友逝去的真挚悲痛,却采取了这样一种如此博学，如此充满,遥远的幻境和隐晦的观点的形式,这确实是难以想象的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

For example, you might hear a student say to her friend that her spelling test was "as easy as falling off a log."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

And she described it as, think of what it's like to have a really great conversation with a friend that you wish would never end, except God's this infinitely rich friend and so the conversation ends up seeming desirable forever.

她的描述是，想象一次精彩的促膝长谈,和某个朋友，你希望它永远不会结束，上帝是位极渊博的朋友,长谈似乎充满无限魅力。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

To take part in a card game such as poker, my friend would have to ante up.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

As she speaks to him, her words find favor, His heart enlightened, he yearns for a friend.

神妓所说的话让Enkidu顿生好感，开始明理，寻找一个可以做伴的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

As he walked out, he told a friend, "I think I can already smell the fresh mountain air of my home in Tennessee."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

- This one was among our favorite-- "I was you at the CS50 Fair; I went to your station ; to see your program, you were my best friend; but when our hands touched as you handed me a Smiley face sticker, my heart skipped a beat.

这是我们最喜欢的-,“我和你一样在CS50大会上，我到你的网站看你的程序,你是我最好的朋友;,但是当我们牵手的时候,你传给我一张笑脸贴纸，我的心跳加速“

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

He did not want war. As he told a friend: "I fought in our Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

He greets Socrates, in many ways, as a long, lost friend.

他招呼苏格拉底，从很多层面看来像是很久不见的老友。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Last week,my sister's car broke down as we were driving to a friend's marriage ceremony.

VOA: special.2011.04.10

This came as a shock to me. I looked hard at my friend.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, as the old saying goes.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

She was known as a great coach, teacher and friend.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

as in a friend you accepted on Facebook?

VOA: special.2009.09.14

He said the United States will "stand with Iraq's people and government as a close friend and partner,as Iraqis prepare for elections early next year, continue to take responsibility for their future, and build greater peace and opportunity."

VOA: standard.2009.10.26