Or is it just a loose acquaintance?

还是只是泛泛之交？

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。

I can only extend so much of myself...

我对于泛泛之交所能敞开。

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。

But my acquaintances vanished, taking the girls with them.

但我泛泛之交带着他们女朋友离我远去了。

Next, what's happening when relationships grow from casual acquaintances to confidants?

接下来，当从泛泛之交发展为知己时会发生什么？

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。

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。

We should accept that most of our acquaintances — however much they might in theory want to be friendly — do not want to do so at the cost of looking inside their own minds.

我们应该接受事实是，大多数泛泛之交，理论上，无论他们想表现得多么好，他们不愿以窥视自己内世界为代价。

Nevertheless, we continued to talk to each other in a more or less friendly way. On a number of subjects we agreed very well. I sometimes thought that if we had met at another timeand place we might have become friends.

不过，我们还是保持着泛泛之交。与此同时，我们有很多地方又性情相投。我有时认为，如果我们在其它时间和地点点相遇，也许会成为朋友。

She had never heard of him before his entrance into the —shire Militia, in which he had engaged at the persuasion of the young man, who, on meeting him accidentally in town, had there renewed a slight acquaintance.

在韦翰先生参加某某郡民兵团之前，伊丽莎白根本没有听到过他这个人。至于他所以要参加民兵团，也只是因为偶然在镇上遇见了以前一个泛泛之交朋友，劝他加入。