Friending means to act as the friend of someone or to include (someone) in a list of designated friends on a person's social networking site. Friending的意思是“做某人的朋友”或者“将某人在社交网站上加为好友”。 The word comes from a term coined by Shakespeare in Hamlet, act 1, scene 5: And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you. 这个词最早来源于莎士比亚戏剧《哈姆雷特》第一场第五幕中的一句对白：像哈姆雷特这样贫苦的人，要怎样向你表达他的爱意和友情呢。 The coinage was largely overlooked for centuries. With the advent1 of the social network Facebook in 2004, friending became widely adopted. 这个说法被人们忽视了好几百年，直到2004年社交网站Facebook迅猛发展，friending（加好友）一词才被广泛使用。 词汇解析： 1 advent n.(重要事件等的)到来，来临 参考例句： Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。 The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。 更多英语学习方法：必克英语 http://www.spiikers.com/ 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/2b56772fe45c3b3567ec8b9a.html