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单词 acquaintance
释义
acquaintance
noun
uk
/əˈkweɪn.təns/us
/əˈkweɪn.təns/
C1[C]
apersonthat you havemetbut do notknowwell:
相识的人，熟人；泛泛之交
abusinessacquaintance在生意上打过交道的人
Compare
buddynouninformal
chumnoun(FRIEND)old-fashionedinformal
companion(PERSON)
cronyinformaldisapproving
friendnoun(PERSON YOU LIKE)
matenoun(FRIEND)UKinformal
muckerUKinformal
palnouninformal
[U]formal
used in someexpressionsaboutknowingormeetingpeople:
（用在某些表达方式中表示）认识，结识
It was at the Taylors'partythat I firstmade hisacquaintance(= firstmethim).我是在泰勒家的聚会上初次和他相识的。
I wasn'tsureabout Darryl when I firstmether, butonfurtheracquaintance(=knowingher a little more)Iratherlike 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
knowledgeof asubject:
（对某一学科的）所知，了解
Sadly, my acquaintancewithSpanishliteratureisratherlimited.可惜，我对西班牙文学所知相当有限。
More examples
  • Hegraduallylostcontactwith all hisoldacquaintances.
  • Professor Stevens is aprofessionalacquaintance of mine - shall Iintroduceyou to him?
  • Irecentlymetanoldworkacquaintance of mine and Ihardlyrecognizedhim.
  • Ihopeyou'llconsiderme afriendand not just an acquaintance.
  • Thenewsquicklyspreadaround allourfriendsand acquaintances.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
  • a friend in need is a friend indeedidiom
  • acquaintanceship
  • acquainted
  • amigo
  • bedmate
  • bestie
  • compatriot
  • comrade
  • crony
  • fair-weather friend
  • fam
  • flatmate
  • friendless
  • intimate
  • neighbour
  • pal
  • peeps
  • peer group
  • pen pal
  • penfriend
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Knowledge and awareness

Related word

acquaintanceship

Idiom

have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance withsomething
(Definition ofacquaintancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

acquaintance| American Dictionary

acquaintance
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈkweɪn·təns/
apersonwhom youknowbut do notknowwell and who isthereforenotexactlyafriend
Acquaintance is alsoknowledgeabout something:
[U]Theyounghave little acquaintance with real-lifetragedy.
(Definition ofacquaintancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofacquaintance

acquaintance
She successfully overcomes her fear of hurting casual acquaintances' feelings and ultimately, though tactfully, tells them the truth.
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It seems that having successfully closed a deal, outgroup, unacquainted persons may now claim some form ofacquaintance.
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In this view acquaintances are plentiful, companions fewer, and intimates few and far between in a person's life.
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We shall be remov'd from all our friends andacquaintance, and our poverty and meanness will by that means sit more easy upon us.
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This operational definition of neighborhood social context does not equate a neighborhood with a cohesive community of friends and acquaintances.
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This might suggest that personalacquaintanceplayed an important role in selecting contributors.
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Respondents provided information about the presence of children, children-in-law, grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, other relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbours, members of organisations and other acquaintances.
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To the military commanders of many of these countries, he strove to become an admiredacquaintance, if not a close friend.
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As already mentioned, denouncing a relative or anacquaintanceguilty of embezzlement generates shame.
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The relationships between fishermen and members of the non-fishing community are generally at the levels of friend oracquaintance.
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Our newly found acquaintances claimed they were the descendants of two such converted families.
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There was a common perception, based either on past experience or on the experiences of acquaintances, that statutory help was heavily restricted and inflexible.
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But such a system was predicated on experimentalacquaintancewith compounds and their components.
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The subjects of the biographies included mainly religious scholars and government officials, but also acquaintances and family members.
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The potential and dilemmas here will interest anyone with a passingacquaintancewith orchestras.
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Collocationswithacquaintance

acquaintance

These are words often used in combination withacquaintance.

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casual acquaintance
That is why we see such a slapdash andcasualacquaintancewith the facts.
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close acquaintance
Lemon and colleagues hypothesised that the most intimate activities generate the greatest role support, because the responders havecloseacquaintancewith the subjects and their capacities.
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intimate acquaintance
Nobody could have had this long andintimateacquaintancewith our departed friend without gaining a real admiration for his qualities and his character.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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