If a relationship is platonic, the two people care about each other, but not in a dating or sexual way. They are friends. You hear it when someone wants that to be clear: “We're close, but it's platonic.” It can sound a little careful or formal, the kind of word you use so nobody gets the wrong idea.

If a relationship is platonic如果一段關係是platonic的 the two people這兩個人 care about each other會在乎彼此 but not in a dating or sexual way但不是交往或性方面的那種 They他們 are friends是朋友 You你 hear it會聽到這個字 when someone wants that to be clear當有人想講清楚的時候 “We're close, but it's platonic.”「我們很親近，但是platonic的。」 It它 can sound a little careful or formal可能聽起來有點小心翼翼或正式 the kind of word就是那種 you用來 use so nobody gets the wrong idea確保沒有人誤會的字

Though actually, the word first belonged to Plato, the Greek thinker. He wrote about a love that reaches toward something beautiful and good, not toward a body. English later narrowed that big idea into this smaller everyday meaning: friends, not lovers.

Though actually不過其實 the word這個字 first belonged to Plato最早是屬於Plato的 the Greek thinker這位希臘思想家 He他 wrote about a love寫過一種愛 that reaches toward something beautiful and good是朝向美和善這些東西的 not toward a body而不是朝向肉體的 English英文 later narrowed that big idea into this smaller everyday meaning後來把這個大概念縮小成這個比較日常的小意思 friends, not lovers也就是朋友，不是戀人

People still sometimes say “Platonic love” for the older, high-minded sense, with a capital P. In ordinary talk, though, platonic almost always means “not romantic, not sexual.” It does not mean the friendship is cold. It only says the heat is not that kind of heat.

People人們 still sometimes say有時候還是會說 “Platonic love”「Platonic love」 for the older, high-minded sense來指那個更古老、更高尚的意思 with a capital P用大寫P In ordinary talk, though不過在日常說話裡 platonic platonic almost always means幾乎都是指 “not romantic, not sexual.”「不是戀愛、不是性方面的」 It它 does not mean the friendship is cold不代表這段友情很冷淡 It它 only says the heat is not that kind of heat只是說那種熱度不是那種熱度