名詞兄弟; 同事，同胞; 同志
int.（表示生氣或吃驚）我的老兄！
及物動(dòng)詞
1. He used to brother me.
他過(guò)去把我視同兄弟。
名詞
1. You mean the Warton brothers?
你是說(shuō)沃頓兄弟？
2. All men are brothers.
四海之內(nèi)皆兄弟。
3. We must all stand together, brothers!
弟兄們！我們要團(tuán)結(jié)在一起！
介紹
brother是什么意思
A：Mary, this is Joe's brother David.
瑪麗，這是喬的兄弟大衛(wèi)。
B：I'm very glad to meet you.
我很高興見(jiàn)到你。
C：It's a pleasure to meet you.
很高興見(jiàn)到你。
B：How do you like Beijing so far?
到現(xiàn)在你覺(jué)得北京怎么樣？
C：It's really different from what I expected.
與我想象的很不一樣。
B：Don't worry. You'll get used to it in no time.
別擔(dān)心。你很快就會(huì)習(xí)慣它了。
Character-(性格)
A：Have you heard the news about Michael?
你聽(tīng)到有關(guān)邁克爾德消息了嗎？
B：No, David, what happened?
沒(méi)有，大衛(wèi)。發(fā)生什么事了。
A：Well, I heard that he was arrested.
噢，我聽(tīng)說(shuō)他被逮捕了。
B：What? Arrested? For what?
什么，被逮捕了，為什么？
A：Apparently, he got in a fight at a bar.
顯然是他卷入了一場(chǎng)酒吧斗毆。
B：I don’t believe it! He wouldn’t hurt a fly!
我不相信，他心地那么善良，連只蒼蠅都不會(huì)傷害。
A：I agree with you. He’s usually so calm.
是啊，而且他通常都很冷靜。
B：Maybe he was just trying to be a good Samaritan.
也許他只是在幫助陷入麻煩的人。
A：That’s possible. I can’t picture him trying to start a fight with someone.
很可能，我無(wú)法想象他會(huì)挑起與別人的爭(zhēng)端。
B：Now that I think about it, though, I do remember him being a bit aggressive once.
說(shuō)得對(duì)，既然想到這兒，我的確記得他有一次曾有些好斗。
A：Maybe he’s one of those people whose personality changes a lot when he drinks.
也許他是那種一旦喝酒性格就大變的人。
B：Does he often drink?
他常喝酒嗎？
A：No, in fact I’ve only seen him drink once… and that was when I saw him behaving oddly.
不經(jīng)常，事實(shí)上我只見(jiàn)他喝過(guò)一次酒，也就是那次我見(jiàn)到他舉止有些反常。
B：Some people are not what they seem.
有些人不能單從表面判斷。
A：However, in all fairness, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
不管怎樣，為了公平起見(jiàn)，我們不應(yīng)匆忙下結(jié)論。
B：You’re right. We don’t even know if he was actually arrested or not?
你說(shuō)得對(duì)。我們甚至還不知道他是否真的被逮捕了呢。
A：Shall we call him?
我們給他打電話嗎？
B：Ok, let me just get my phone… “Hello, Michael? It’s Samantha… I’m fine. Are you alright?... Your brother was mugged?...”
好吧，讓我拿出我的電話?！澳愫茫∵~克爾嗎？我是薩曼薩…我很好。你好嗎？你弟弟被搶劫了嗎？…”
家庭
A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，給我們講講你們家的事。你來(lái)自一個(gè)大家庭嗎？
B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我們自己的直系家庭相當(dāng)小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都來(lái)自大家庭。
brother的解釋
A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
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B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，數(shù)不過(guò)來(lái)。我想有一百多人吧。
A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人見(jiàn)過(guò)面嗎？
B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每個(gè)周末都和直系小家庭成員見(jiàn)面。我一年中能見(jiàn)到其他大家庭的成員一或倆次。我們經(jīng)常在圣誕節(jié)，復(fù)活節(jié)和其他大的慶祝活動(dòng)，如婚禮上見(jiàn)面。
A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你參加過(guò)家庭聚會(huì)嗎。
B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去過(guò)一次。但不是我自己家的聚會(huì)，是我的一個(gè)朋友家的聚會(huì)。他不想成為聚會(huì)上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。當(dāng)然了，這也是很久以前的事了。
A：Are many of your relative divorced?
你的親屬中有很多人離婚嗎？
B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
讓我想一下。我想只有我的一個(gè)叔叔離了婚。他一直是個(gè)叛逆者。我奶奶是個(gè)很虔誠(chéng)的教徒，所以我的大多數(shù)親屬都不敢離婚！
A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的親屬中有單身母親嗎？
B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一個(gè)親屬是單身母親。她的父親也離了婚。他們家是我們大家庭中的另類。
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1. （同父母的）兄，弟
Your brother is a boy or a man who has the same parents as you.
e.g. Oh, so you're Peter's younger brother...
哦，那么你是彼得的弟弟。
e.g. Have you got any brothers and sisters?
你有兄弟姐妹嗎？
2. 兄弟；同胞；教友；國(guó)人；同行；同志
You can describe a man as your brother if he belongs to the same race, religion, country, profession, or trade union as you, or if he has similar ideas to you.
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e.g. He told reporters he'd come to be with his Latvian brothers.
他告訴記者他是來(lái)支持拉脫維亞同胞的。
e.g. ...the Cardinal and his brother bishops.
紅衣主教和他的主教們
3. 教徒，修士，僧侶（用于頭銜）
Brother is a title given to a man who belongs to a religious community such as a monastery.
e.g. ...Brother Otto.
奧托修士
e.g. ...the Christian Brothers community which owns the castle.
擁有這座城堡的公教弟兄會(huì)
4. （用于某些公司或商店的名稱中）
Brothers is used in the names of some companies and shops.
e.g. ...the film company Warner Brothers...
華納兄弟電影公司
e.g. I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.
我去布魯克斯兄弟專賣店給自己買了一件體面的襯衫。