Or is it just a loose acquaintance?

还是只是泛泛之交？

I can only extend so much of myself...

我对于泛泛之交所能敞扉。

Apparently, we look down on acquaintances more so than friends.

很明显，比起朋友，我们更容易瞧不起泛泛之交。

It's easier to give them a polite nod than to ask what's wrong.

泛泛之交强过知根知底。

But my acquaintances vanished, taking the girls with them.

但我泛泛之交都带着他们女朋友离我远去了。

Yeah, but a lot of us, I think, have casual friends.

yeah, 但我得我们很多人有泛泛之交。

If you want to be miserable, tons and tons of acquaintances will do just fine.

如果你想过得痛苦，认识一大堆泛泛之交就足够了。

And at work, colleagues tend to stay more as acquaintances.

在工作中，同事之间往往只保持泛泛之交。

But over the summer, they became more than acquaintances, if less than friends.

但在那个夏天，他们超越了泛泛之交，尽管还算不上真正朋友。

Now this was not a casual relationship, it was a deeply embedded partnership.

这种非泛泛之交，而是一种根深蒂固伙伴。

I consider myself an acquaintance with one and a friend with one.

我认为自己与其中一位只是泛泛之交，而与另一位则是真正朋友。

I preferred deeper connections over having many acquaintances.

我更倾向于建立深厚，而不是有很多泛泛之交。

He was more of an acquaintance.

他更像是个泛泛之交。

Now, ladies, the two of you had worked together for years, but were just kind of casual acquaintances.

现在， 女士们， 你们两位已经共事多年，但之前只是泛泛之交。

It's interesting, Reshma, you were saying you have your tight, close friends and then you have your acquaintances.

有趣是， Reshma，你提到你有亲密无间好友， 也有泛泛之交。

And compared to people that I was like loosely connected with, those people actually were the more supportive people I noticed.

与那些我只有泛泛之交人相比，我发现这些人实际上是更支持我人。

His father was a friend of mine, a casual friend, and so he died when Mr. Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, was just a child.

他父亲是我朋友，算是泛泛之交吧，不过在梅里韦瑟·刘易斯先生还是个孩子时候，他就去世了。

According to the study, a total of 11 interactions are required to move from acquaintance to friendship, with the average friendship taking 5.5 months to turn into something solid.

从“泛泛之交”发展成真正朋友需要大约 11 次互动、每次至少交流 3 小时，平均需要 5 个半月时间。

Beyond the questionnaire, there's also background checks on personal finances, along with  extensive and exhaustive interviews with friends, family, coworkers, and even the vaguest of  acquaintances.

除了调查问卷之外，还有对个人财务背景调查，以及详尽彻底朋友、家人、同事甚至最泛泛之交访谈。

When it comes to proximity, she cites research that concluded it takes 50 hours to become a casual friend and 200 hours to become a close friend.

于亲近度，她引用了研究表明，成为泛泛之交需要50小时，而成为亲密朋友则需要200小时。