friend·ship /ˈfrɛn(d)ˌʃɪp/
 友誼,友愛,友善


 Friend·ship, n.
 1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.
    There is little friendship in the world.   --Bacon.
    There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.   --Rambler.
    Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency.   --Spenser.
 2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]
    Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest.   --Shak.
 3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.]
    Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other.   --Dryden.

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 friendship
      n : the state of being friends [syn: friendly relationship]