acquaintance
acquaintance
ac·quaint·ance / əˈkwentəns ; əˈkweɪntəns /noun
1. SB YOU KNOW 你认识的人, Csomeone you know, but who is not a close friend相识的人，熟人; 泛泛之交:
•She was a casual acquaintance of 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 a mutual 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., Ua 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 formalto 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, Uformalknowledge 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 formala 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 formalwhen 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。
