1610s, "to sympathize as brothers," from French fraterniser, from Medieval Latin fraternizare, from Latin fraternus "brotherly" (see fraternity). Military sense of "cultivate friendship with enemy troops" is from 1897 (used in World War I with reference to the Christmas Truce). Used oddly in World War II armed forces jargon to mean "have sex with women from enemy countries" as a violation of military discipline.
A piece of frat, Wren-language for any attractive young woman -- ex-enemy -- in occupied territory. [John Irving, "Royal Navalese," 1946]
Related: Fraternized; fraternizing.
双语例句
1. Mrs Zuckerman does not fraternize widely.
朱克曼夫人结交并不广泛。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Soldiers who fraternize with the enemy will be punished.
亲敌的士兵将受到惩罚.
来自辞典例句
3. He combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition superficially to fraternize.
他把高度的精明和温和敦厚的外表结合了起来.
来自辞典例句
4. Soldiers were forbidden to fraternize with the local citizen.
战士们被禁止与当地居民往来.
来自互联网
5. The teachers at the university tend not to fraternize with their students.
