fraternising

fraternising — verb

1. spending friendly time with people you are expected to keep your distance from,

1.動詞不及物C1
釋義

spending friendly time with people you are expected to keep your distance from, such as soldiers from the other side of a war, opposing team members, or workers of a different rank.

例句

British officers were warned against fraternising with local villagers during the occupation.

fraternise with + people you should stay apart from

Marta lost her job for fraternising with a senior partner at the law firm.

workplace rank-crossing context

同義詞
  • associate

    more neutral; doesn't imply crossing a forbidden boundary

  • consort

    literary or disapproving; often suggests dubious company

  • mingle

    lighter; just mixing socially, no rule-breaking implied

  • hobnob

    informal; mixing with people of higher social standing, often for self-interest

反義詞
  • shun

    deliberately avoid

  • ostracise

    exclude from a group, stronger and one-directional

文法句型

fraternise with + person/group

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person bound by a code or role (soldier, officer, employee, player) and the object after 'with' is someone the rules of that role discourage them from mixing with. Frequently appears in negative constructions ('warned against', 'forbidden from', 'told not to').

常見錯誤

❌They fraternised the enemy soldiers.
✅They fraternised with the enemy soldiers.
💡fraternise is intransitive; it needs 'with' before the person or group.
❌The two old friends fraternised at the cafe.
✅The two old friends caught up at the cafe.
💡fraternise carries the idea of crossing a social or institutional boundary; ordinary friends just meet or socialise.