在网络不普及的时候,人们会尝试交笔友,通过书信与一个未曾谋面的人建立友谊。现在,只要在社交网站上活跃一些,你就可以交到不少网络上的朋友。
E-cquaintance refers to a person known to another through online communication only (as via email, instant messenger or social networking website). The term is a blend of electronic and acquaintance, just like e-mail and e-commerce, where acquaintance means someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
E-cquaintance指仅通过电子邮件、即时通讯工具或社交网站等网络环境互相认识的熟人,即“网络熟人”。这个说法是electronic(电子的)和acquaintance(熟人)两个词的合成形式,与电子邮件(e-mail)和电子商务(e-commerce)等词的构成方式一样,acquaintance一词指互相认识但不是太了解的人。
For example:
I have quite a few e-cquaintances on Weibo, but I have never met them in real life.
我在微博上有好几个网络熟人,不过我从来没跟他们见过面。
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