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acquaintance

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ac∙quaint∙ance / əˈkwentəns ; əˈkweɪntəns /
◙noun
1. SB YOU KNOW 你认识的人, [C] someone you know, but who is not a close friend
• 相识的人，熟人; 泛泛之交:
 »She was acasual acquaintanceof my family in Vienna.
  她是我们家在维也纳的一个关系一般的熟人。
 »He heard about the job through amutual acquaintance(=someone you and another person both know) .
  他是通过一个双方都认识的人知道这份工作的。
2. RELATIONSHIP 关系, [sing., U] a relationship with someone you know, but who is not a close friend
• 认识，交情:
 »They developed an acquaintance over the Internet.
  他们在因特网上相识。
 »You can't judge her on such short acquaintance (=when you have not known her long) .
  认识这么短时间，你无法对她作出评价。
 »My uncle did not improve on further acquaintance (=when you knew him better) .
  熟了以后我叔叔依然如故。
3. make sb's acquaintance, [formal] to meet someone for the first time
• 结识某人，认识某人:
 »I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough's acquaintance.
  我很高兴能认识麦高夫太太。
 »At the hotel, I made the acquaintance of a young American actor.
  在酒店里，我结识了一位年轻的美国演员。
4. KNOWLEDGE 知识, [U] [formal] knowledge or experience of a particular subject
• 所知; 了解:
▪ [+with]
 »The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.
  当律师要熟悉法庭程序。
 »have a passing / nodding acquaintance with sth ( = have only slight knowledge or experience of something )
  对某事物一知半解
 »He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
  他对许多学科都知道个一鳞半爪。
5. of your acquaintance, [formal] a person of your acquaintance is someone that you know
• 你认识的〔人〕:
 »The poems were written by various women of her acquaintance.
  这些诗是她认识的形形色色的女性写的。
6. on first acquaintance, [formal] when you meet someone for the first time
• 初次见面时:
 »Most people are nicer than you think on first acquaintance.
  大多数人都比你初次见面时所认为的要好。