acquaintance
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well. 相識(shí)之人
He exchanged a few words with the proprietor, an old acquaintance of his. 他跟一位業(yè)主,他的一位老相識(shí)交談了幾句。
2. N-VAR If you have an acquaintance with someone, you have met them and you know them. 結(jié)識(shí)
...a writer who becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer. …一位通過(guò)他同一名警官的結(jié)識(shí)而卷入一起真正的謀殺謎案的作家。
3. PHRASE When you make someone's acquaintance, you meet them for the first time and get to know them a little. 與某人初次相識(shí)[正式]
I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s. 我在20世紀(jì)60年代初第一次認(rèn)識(shí)了他。
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acquaintance /??kwe?nt?ns/ (acquaintances)
劍橋詞典
- C1 [ 可數(shù)名詞:有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- He gradually lost contact with all his old acquaintances.
- Professor Stevens is a professional acquaintance of mine - shall I introduce you to him?
- I recently met an old work acquaintance of mine and I hardly recognized him.
- I hope you'll consider me a friend and not just an acquaintance.
- The news quickly spread around all our friends and acquaintances.
a person that you have met but do not know well
相識(shí)的人,熟人;泛泛之交
a business acquaintance 在生意上打過(guò)交道的人
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal
used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people
(用在某些表達(dá)方式中表示)認(rèn)識(shí),結(jié)識(shí)
It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his acquaintance (= first met him). 我是在泰勒家的聚會(huì)上初次和他相識(shí)的。
I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her, but on further acquaintance (= knowing her a little more) I rather like her. 第一次遇到達(dá)裡爾時(shí),我不確定自己對(duì)她的觀感,但是隨著進(jìn)一步的了解,我很喜歡她。
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal
knowledge of a subject
(對(duì)某一學(xué)科的)所知,了解
Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited . 可惜,我對(duì)西班牙文學(xué)所知相儅有限。
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