3N-UNCOUNT 了解;熟悉 Your acquaintance with a subject is your knowledge or experience of it. 了解;熟悉 [formal]
They had little or no acquaintance with philosophy or history. [+ with]
他们在哲学或是历史方面几乎一无所知。
4PHRASE 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. 与(某人)初次相识;结识(某人) [formal]
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。
5PHRASE [n PHRASE]所认识的 A person of your acquaintance is someone who you have met and know. 所认识的 [formal]
...a highly cultivated woman of our acquaintance.
我们认识的一位很有修养的女性
Quotations
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind?Robert BurnsAuld Lang Syne
I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintanceSamuel Johnson
acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend toAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
1person you know相識的人ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACQUAINTANCE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤casual泛泛之交◇I ran into a casual acquaintance in town.我在城裏碰到個有點頭之交的人。➤new新相識▸➤close, old親密朋友;老相識▸➤business, childhood, mutual, personal, social生意上的熟人;孩提時的朋友;彼此認識的人;私人朋友;社交上的熟人VERB + ACQUAINTANCE➤bump into, meet, run into碰到/遇見/撞見熟人▸➤greet問候熟人◇He greeted all his old acquaintances.他問候了所有的老朋友。PHRASES➤friends and acquaintances朋友和熟人acquaintance
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2knowledge of sb/sth瞭解ADJECTIVE | VERB + ACQUAINTANCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤nodding, passing, slight略知一二;所知甚少;膚淺的瞭解◇a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance我不甚瞭解的一個男子➤brief, short很少的/短時間的瞭解▸➤close, intimate深入的瞭解;熟知▸➤chance偶然認識VERB + ACQUAINTANCE➤make sb's/sth's (= become acquainted with sb/sth)結識某人;認識某物◇I first made his acquaintance in 2006.我是在 2006 年認識他的。➤strike up結交;結識◇I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an acquaintance with him.1998 年我初次見到西蒙並與他開始交往。➤renew重新認識PREPOSITION➤of sb's acquaintance (formal) 某人認識的◇He introduced me to a reporter of his acquaintance.他把我介紹給他認識的一名記者。➤acquaintance with對⋯的瞭解◇her acquaintance with modern philosophy她對現代哲學的瞭解PHRASES➤have an acquaintance with瞭解⋯;熟悉⋯◇They have little acquaintance with colloquial English.他們對英語會話幾乎一竅不通。➤on close acquaintance, on closer acquaintance經過深入瞭解;通過進一步瞭解➤on first acquaintance初相識◇On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd.初次相識她顯得有些古怪。