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be matey with sb
形容词用法，意为友好、亲近，后常接介词 with 引出对象。
She is very matey with her new colleagues.
她和新闻事们关系很融洽。
友好的；融洽的
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友好的；融洽的
friendly; having the relationship of friends or pals
She is very matey with her new colleagues.
她和新闻事们关系很融洽。
口语用词
易为人亲近的；融洽的；伙伴；朋友
s (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
The new manager is very matey with everyone in the office.
新来的经理和办公室里的每个人都十分友好。
He gave me a matey wave from across the street.
他在街对面朝我友好地挥了挥手。
After chatting for a while, the two strangers became quite matey.
聊了一会儿后，这两个陌生人变得十分亲近。
形容词用法，意为友好、亲近，后常接介词 with 引出对象。
She is very matey with her new colleagues.
她和新闻事们关系很融洽。
形容词用法，get 表示从不友好到友好的动态变化，有时含过分亲热的意味。
He tried to get matey with the boss at the party.
他在聚会上试图和老板套近乎。
名词用法，英式非正式直接称呼，相当于“朋友/伙伴”。
Hey, matey! How is it going?
嘿，老伙计！最近怎么样？
Not this
He is very matey to me.
Use this
He is very matey with me.
matey 表示“与某人友好/关系融洽”，强调双方对等的朋友关系，因此后接 with（和某人），而不是 to。to 一般表示单方面的态度（如 kind to），与 matey 的相互含义不符，所以应改成 with。
Not this
They chatted matey.
Use this
They chatted in a matey way.
matey 是形容词，不能直接修饰动词 chatted；chat 是不及物动词，后面需要副词或副词短语。这是受汉语“友好地聊天”中“友好地”的干扰，把形容词当副词用；应改为 in a matey way（或说 They were matey with each other）。
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与…友好，与…亲近
He is very matey with everyone in the office.
他和办公室里的每个人都很友好。
友好的语气
The manager spoke to us in a matey tone.
经理用友好的语气和我们说话。
融洽的关系
They have a matey relationship despite their differences.
尽管有分歧，他们关系融洽。
友好的氛围
The café has a very matey atmosphere.
这家咖啡馆有一种非常友好的氛围。
友好的微笑
He greeted us with a matey smile.
他带着友好的微笑迎接我们。
啊嘿，伙计！
This is a stereotypical pirate greeting from movies and theme park attractions.
这是电影和主题公园景点中典型的海盗问候语。
吓得我发抖啊，伙计！
A humorous pirate exclamation used when one is amazed or shocked.
一种幽默的海盗感叹语，表示惊讶或震惊。
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mate=伙伴，词尾-y表“像…的”，想象伙伴间亲密融洽，所以matey意为友好的。
语域：informal 常见场景：among friends、casual conversation 这个义项（友善的、融洽的）通常用于非正式口语，多出现在熟人闲聊或轻松场合；正式写作中比较少见。
与 matey /ˈmeɪti/ 真正押韵的是 eighty 和 weighty（都读 /ˈeɪti/）。meaty、treaty 读长音 /iː/，sweaty 读 /ɛ/，mighty 读 /aɪ/：拼写相似，但元音不同，不押韵。
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