acquaintance
/ə'kweɪn.tənts/
noun
A [C]
* a person that you have met but do not know well
相识的人，熟人；泛泛之交

1. a business acquaintance
在生意上打过交道的人

A [U] formal
* used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people
（用在某些表达方式中表示）认识，结识

1. It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his acquaintance (= first met him).
我是在泰勒家的聚会上初次和他相识的。

2. I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her, but on further acquaintance (= knowing her a little more) I rather like her.
第一次遇到达里尔时，我不确定自己对她的观感。但是随着进一步的了解，我很喜欢她。

[U] formal
* knowledge of a subject
（对某一学科的）所知，了解

1. Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited.
可惜，我对西班牙文学所知相当有限。

/ə'kweɪn.tənts/
noun
have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth formal
* to have very little knowledge or experience of a subject
对…所知甚少

1. I'm afraid I have only a nodding acquaintance with his works.
恐怕我对他作品的了解只是皮毛而已。

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acquaintance
ac·quaint·ance / E5kweintEns / noun1. [C] 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. [U, C] ~ (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. [U, C] ~ with 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。
 IDIOMS 
▪ make 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 ac'quaintance    (formal) that you know
   所认识的；所了解的:
   No six 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 ac'quaintance    (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 nod v.

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acquaintance noun

1. person you know

• ADJECTIVE casual I ran into a casual ~ in town. | new | close, old | business, childhood, mutual, personal, social

• VERB + ACQUAINTANCE bump into (esp. BrE), meet, run into | greet He greeted all his old ~s.

• PHRASES friends and ~s

2. knowledge of sb/sth

• ADJECTIVE nodding, passing, slight a man with whom I had a passing ~ | brief, short | close, intimate | chance

• VERB + ACQUAINTANCE make sb's/sth's (= become acquainted with sb/sth) I first made his ~ in 2006. | strike up I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an ~ with him. | renew

• PREPOSITION of sb's ~ (formal) He introduced me to a reporter of his ~. | ~ with her ~ with modern philosophy

• PHRASES have an ~ with They have little ~ with colloquial English. | on close ~, on closer ~ | on first ~ On first ~ she seemed a little odd.

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acquaintance
 see nodding acquaintance; scrape up an acquaintance.

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acquaintance noun
⇨ friend (friends and acquaintances) ⇨ friendship (make sb's acquaintance) ⇨ make sb's acquaintance ⇨ meet verb 3

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acquaintance

noun
1 Mr Barnet was no more than a business acquaintance
CONTACT , associate, connection, ally, colleague; French confrère.

2 she had prospered from her acquaintance with the sergeant
ASSOCIATION , relationship, contact, social contact; fellowship, companionship.

3 the critical reader must have some acquaintance with poetry already
FAMILIARITY , conversance, conversancy, contact, acquaintanceship; knowledge of, experience of, awareness of, understanding of, comprehension of, cognizance of, grasp of; proficiency in, skill in, expertise in, insight into; informal know-how.

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了解,熟悉(acquaint告知+ance表名词)[quaint=know,表示"知道"]
n.认识,相识,了解;相识的人,熟人Squirrel inquired an acquaintance and acquired the requirements.松鼠询问了一位熟人,得知了那些要求.

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