In everyday English, people usually say someone I know rather than an acquaintance: 在日常英语中,人们一般说someone I know,而不说an acquaintance
I got the job through someone I know.
我是通过一个熟人得到这份工作的。
2relationship 关系 [singular, uncountableU] 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).
深交之后我叔叔依然如故。
3make somebody’s acquaintanceformalMEET 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。
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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.
4knowledge 知识 [uncountableU] formalKNOW somethingknowledge or experience of a particular subject 所知;了解
acquaintance 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 something (=have only slight knowledge or experience of something) 对…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。
5of your acquaintanceformalKNOW somebody 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。
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of your acquaintance• Instead, she was obliged to subscribe to Emerson's misleading account of their acquaintance.• Few hackersof my acquaintance smoke.• These colonies are millstones around our necks, as a noblelordof my acquaintance once said.• Unfortunately, many of their acquaintances in the university showed considerablesensitivity to this lattermission of the Volunteers.• Most men of my acquaintancerevel in happy ignorance when it comes to knowing plans and dates for the weeks ahead.• A seniorinternationalrefereeof 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 writerof my acquaintance.
6on first acquaintanceformalKNOW somethingKNOW somebody 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。
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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 predictableon first acquaintance.• Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urgedon first acquaintance.
casual acquaintance• The majority were introduced to injection by a casual acquaintance.• Still, Dave puts his family at great risk, yet takes smartprecautions to protect a casual acquaintance.• The young woman in question, a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna, had inflamed me with cunningcaresses.• 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 marketgardening.• Writers constantly have to deal with this prejudice, and it is well worth remembering this before discussing writing with casual acquaintances.