[N-COUNT 可数名词]认识的人;泛泛之交 An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
[oft with poss]
The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his...
业主是他的一位旧相识。
I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
我在摄影界交游甚广。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]认识;相识 If you have an acquaintance with someone, you have met them and you know them.
[oft poss N]
...a writer who becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer...
因为认识一位警官而参与到一件真实谋杀悬案调查的作家
On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
初次相见时她表现冷淡并有点爱搭不理。
3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]了解;熟悉 Your acquaintance with a subject is your knowledge or experience of it.
[usu with supp]
[FORMAL 正式]
They had little or no acquaintance with philosophy or history...
他们在哲学或是历史方面几乎一无所知。
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[PHRASE 短语]与(某人)初次相识;结识(某人) When you make someone's acquaintance, you meet them for the first time and get to know them a little.
[V inflects]
[FORMAL 正式]
I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s...
我与他初次相识是在20世纪60年代早期。
I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
很高兴认识您,特威德先生。
5
[PHRASE 短语]所认识的 A person of your acquaintance is someone who you have met and know.
[n PHR]
[FORMAL 正式]
...a highly cultivated woman of our acquaintance.
我们认识的一位很有修养的女性
Oxford
ac·quaint·ance/əˈkweɪntəns; NAmEəˈkweɪntəns/noun1[countable ]a person that you know but who is not a close friend 认识的人;泛泛之交;熟人◆Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.克莱尔交游很广。◆He's just a business acquaintance.他只是业务上认识的人。2[uncountable , countable ]acquaintance(with sb) ( formal) slight friendship (与某人)认识,略有交情◆He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.他希望他们的交情会进一步发展。3[uncountable , countable ]acquaintancewith sth ( formal) knowledge of sth (对某事物的)了解◆I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.我对现代诗所知甚少。IDIOMSmake sb's acquaintance | make the acquaintance of sb( formal) to meet sb for the first time 与某人初次相见;结识某人◆I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker.贝克太太,我很高兴与您相识。◆I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time.大约在那段时间,我结识了几位音乐家。of your acˈquaintance( formal) that you know 所认识的;所了解的◆No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful.我所认识的人当中,没有其他人如此富有或者成功。on first acˈquaintance( formal) when you first meet sb 初次相见时◆Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not ‘the right type’.初次见面就看出他显然不是“对路子的人”。☞more at
1somebody you know [countable] someone you know, but who is not a close friend: She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna. He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance (=someone you and another person both know).► see thesaurus at
friend
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say someone I know rather than an acquaintance:· I got the job through someone I know.2relationship [singular, uncountable] a relationship with someone you know, but who is not a close friend: They developed an acquaintance over the Internet. You can’t judge her on such short acquaintance (=when you have not known her long). My uncle did not improve on further acquaintance (=when you knew him better).3make somebody’s acquaintance formal to meet someone for the first time: I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough’s acquaintance. At the hotel, I made the acquaintance of a young American actor.4knowledge [uncountable] formal knowledge or experience of a particular subjectacquaintance with The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.have a passing/nodding acquaintance with something (=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.5of your acquaintance formal a person of your acquaintance is someone that you know: The poems were written by various women of her acquaintance.6on first acquaintance formal when you meet someone for the first time: Most people are nicer than you think on first acquaintance.
WDF
acquaintance
[əˈkweɪntəns]
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acquaintances[1612]
熟人(47%),相识(33%),了解(20%)
n.熟人;相识;了解;知道
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