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acquaintance

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ac·quaint·ance /əˈkweɪntəns/ ●○○ noun
1  SB you know 認識的人 [countableC]KNOW somebody someone you know, but who is not a close friend 相識的人，泛泛之交，熟人
She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.
她是我們家在維也納的一個交情不深的朋友。
He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance (=someone you and another person both know).
他是通過一個雙方都認識的人知道有這份工作的。
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In everyday English, people usually say someone I know rather than an acquaintance: 在日常英語中，人們一般說someone I know，而不說an acquaintance
I got the job through someone I know.
我是通過一個熟人得到這份工作的。
2  relationship 關系 [singular, uncountableU] a relationship with someone you know, but who is not a close friend 認識，交情
They developed an acquaintance over the Internet.
他們在因特網上相識。
You can’t judge her on such short acquaintance (=when you have not known her long).
認識這麽短時間，你無法對她作出評價。
My uncle did not improve on further acquaintance (=when you knew him better).
深交之後我叔叔依然如故。
3  make somebody’s acquaintance formalMEET to meet someone for the first time 結識某人，認識某人
I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough’s acquaintance.
我很高興能認識麥高夫太太。
At the hotel, I made the acquaintance of a young American actor.
在酒店裏，我結識了一位年輕的美國演員。
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make somebody’s acquaintance• After seeing the way Mr. Wyatt behaved at the party, I had little desire to make his acquaintance.• I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.
4  knowledge 知識 [uncountableU] formalKNOW something knowledge or experience of a particular subject 所知；了解
acquaintance with
The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.
當律師要熟悉法庭程序。
have a passing/nodding acquaintance with something (=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) 對…一知半解
He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
他對許多學科都知道個一鱗半爪。
5  of your acquaintance formalKNOW somebody a person of your acquaintance is someone that you know 你認識的〔人〕
The poems were written by various women of her acquaintance.
這些詩是她認識的形形色色的女性寫的。
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of your acquaintance• Instead, she was obliged to subscribe to Emerson's misleading account of their acquaintance.• Few hackers of my acquaintance smoke.• These colonies are millstones around our necks, as a noble lord of my acquaintance once said.• Unfortunately, many of their acquaintances in the university showed considerable sensitivity to this latter mission of the Volunteers.• Most men of my acquaintance revel in happy ignorance when it comes to knowing plans and dates for the weeks ahead.• A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.• He looked around, and identified several of his acquaintances who might just have the information he needed.• It seems that in the view of some of her acquaintances, Leapor was simply an ugly woman.• Ms. Nichols is a writer of my acquaintance.
6  on first acquaintance formalKNOW somethingKNOW somebody when you meet someone for the first time 初次見面時
Most people are nicer than you think on first acquaintance.
大多數人都比你初次見面時所認爲的要好。
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on first acquaintance• Most people are nicer than you think they are on first acquaintance.• Their interpretability, however, must not be exaggerated; their meanings are not necessarily wholly predictable on first acquaintance.• Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urged on first acquaintance.
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acquaintance• She's just an acquaintance -- I see her sometimes at night school.• She's just an acquaintance - I sometimes see her at aerobics.• An acquaintance of Derek's from Texas arrived earlier in the week.• Another acquaintance, some one we d not heard from since our last visit, apologized for not answering our annual letters.• I first heard of the idea from a business acquaintance in Montpelier.• I don't want to talk about religion with business acquaintances.• In this kind of case, pre-existing acquaintances were invalidated.• But she had come pregnant, with a teaching diploma, no money and few acquaintances.• And for all his imagination, he was not a good judge of character on limited acquaintance.• Jane and I met through a mutual acquaintance at a party.• A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.• The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances.
casual acquaintance• The majority were introduced to injection by a casual acquaintance.• Still, Dave puts his family at great risk, yet takes smart precautions to protect a casual acquaintance.• The young woman in question, a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna, had inflamed me with cunning caresses.• You may have known some one else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance.• He will certainly have friends, neighbours, and casual acquaintances.• He seemed to recall some casual acquaintance saying something recently about market gardening.• Writers constantly have to deal with this prejudice, and it is well worth remembering this before discussing writing with casual acquaintances.
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