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be neighborly to/toward sb
表示“对某人友善”时，常用介词 to 或 toward。
Our new neighbors have been very neighborly to us.
我们的新邻居对我们非常友善。
友善的；睦邻的；友好的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
友善的；睦邻的；友好的
neighborly
Our new neighbors have been very neighborly to us.
我们的新邻居对我们非常友善。
附近的；邻近的
s. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
Our new neighbors were very neighborly and invited us over for dinner.
我们的新邻居非常友善，邀请我们去吃晚饭。
She gave me a neighborly wave from across the street every morning.
她每天早晨在街对面友好地向我挥手。
It was neighborly of him to help carry the groceries to my door.
他帮我把食品杂货提到门口，真是睦邻友善。
表示“对某人友善”时，常用介词 to 或 toward。
Our new neighbors have been very neighborly to us.
我们的新邻居对我们非常友善。
用 with 强调与某人友好相处、彼此和睦。
She is neighborly with everyone on her street.
她和街上的每个人都很友好。
neighborly 可作定语，修饰表示行为、态度等的名词。
He gave us a neighborly wave.
他友好地向我们挥手。
Not this
The neighborly countries are separated by a river.
Use this
The neighboring countries are separated by a river.
neighborly 意为“友善的、睦邻的”，不表示“邻近的”；表示地理位置上的“邻近的”应该用 neighboring。
Not this
They welcomed us neighborly.
Use this
They welcomed us in a neighborly way.
neighborly 是形容词，不能直接作状语修饰动词；表达“以友好的方式”要用介词短语 in a neighborly way。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
睦邻友好的举动
She offered a neighborly gesture by shoveling the snow from his driveway.
她主动铲掉他车道上的积雪，这是一个睦邻友好的举动。
睦邻关系
The two countries have maintained neighborly relations for decades.
两国几十年来一直保持睦邻关系。
睦邻精神
The community garden project brought out a wonderful neighborly spirit.
社区花园项目唤起了一种美好的睦邻精神。
友好的建议
He gave me some neighborly advice about finding a reliable plumber.
他给了我一些关于找可靠水管工的友好建议。
友好热情的欢迎
We received a neighborly welcome when we moved into the street.
我们搬进这条街时，受到了友好热情的欢迎。
在美丽树林里，今天真是邻里和睦的一天。
In the film Winnie the Pooh, the opening song greets listeners with a neighborly line about this beautywood.
在电影《小熊维尼》中，开场歌曲用一句关于美丽树林的友好歌词来问候听众。
Use neighborly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
拼写含neighbor（邻居），邻里间友好热情即neighborly（友善的、睦邻的）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、社区或邻里关系描写 neighborly 是常见的中性词，通常用于日常交流或描写邻里关系，语气亲切自然；在严肃的正式文件或学术文章中较少出现。
neighbor, eight, and weight use the same 'eigh' spelling as neighborly's stressed /eɪ/ sound, but none fully rhymes with neighborly because the endings differ. height is a useful lookalike: its 'eigh' is pronounced /aɪ/, not /eɪ/. orderly and friendly share only the final spelling pattern (-rly or -ly); their stressed vowels and following sounds do not match neighborly, so they are not rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.