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伙伴，朋友(尤指男性之间)
You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
例句
He's off drinking with his mates...
他跟哥儿们出去喝酒了。
A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
我的一个朋友在利物浦队踢过球。
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(用于男性之间的称呼)老兄，老弟
Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
例句
Come on mate, things aren't that bad.
别灰心，兄弟，事情没那么糟。
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配偶;性伙伴
Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate .
例句
He has found his ideal mate.
他找到了理想的伴侣。
...as women do become as powerful in the marketplace as their mates.
随着女人在商界的确变得和男人一样强大
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(动物的)配偶，交配对象
An animal's mate is its sexual partner.
例句
The males guard their mates zealously.
雄性动物死死地守护着他们的配偶。
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交配;交尾
When animals mate, a male and a female have sex in order to produce young.
例句
This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box...
这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配，让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
They want the males to mate with wild females...
他们希望这些雄性动物可以和野生的雌性动物交配。
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(商船上的)大副；（亦指）船员
On a commercial ship, the mate or the first mate is the most important officer except for the captain. Officers of lower rank are also called mates .
例句
...the mate of a fishing trawler.
拖网渔船上的大副
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(美国海军的)军士
In the United States Navy, a mate is a petty officer who has a particular set of skills and who assists a warrant officer.
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(象棋中) 同 checkmate
In chess, mate is the same as checkmate .