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单词 acquaintance
释义
acquaintance/ ə′kweɪntǝns/ n [-s/ ɪz/]

(1)知道,认识(slight personal knowledge of sb/sth)[Ua~][N(with)]:have a limited(some slight/a good)~with the science/the facts/opera/modern art 对那门科学/那些事实/歌剧/现代艺术不甚(稍稍/很)了解;Her~with the works of Dickens is slight.他对狄更斯的作品了解甚少。have a nodding/bowing~with sth/sb对……稍有了解;I had a brief~with him a while back.我刚刚和他有过简短的交往。His~with Jackson dates back from 1980.他认识杰克逊始于1980年。people of one's~某人认识的人;keep up one's~with sb 保持与某人的联系;cultivate sb's~进一步熟悉某人;〖同〗knowledge,association,relationship;〖反〗ignorance;

(2)相识的人,熟人(person whom one knows slightly)[C]:He is not really a friend,just an old~.他实在算不上朋友,只不过是个老熟人。He is an~of the writer.他是作家的一个熟人。He is my closest/only~.他是我非常亲近/唯一的熟人。make a new~新认识一个人;make/have many~s认识了许多人/有许多熟人;have a wide circle of~s交往很广;a bowing/nodding/passing/casual~点头/点头/一面/一面之交;〖反〗stranger;

make sb's acquaintance/the acquaintance of sb结识(某人):I made his~/the~of Jack when on holiday at the seaside.我在海滨度假时认识的他/杰克。

on further acquaintance进一步熟悉:He proved,on further~,to be a most interesting person.经过进一步交往发现,他原来是个非常有趣的人。

← a′cquaint vt 使熟知(通晓);⇨a′cquainted adj 熟悉的,认识的;

→ a′cquaintanceship n 相识,交往;

【辨异】acquaintanceassociatecompanionfriend 都指与之有交往的人。acquaintance是仅仅相识但关系不密切的人;associate(伙伴,同事)指由于共同的工作、事业、追求而经常相伴的人,如:a business associate(商业伙伴);companion(伙伴,伴侣)指有共同活动或命运的人,如:a travelling companion(旅伴);friend(朋友)指关系密切、感情亲近的人,如:a trusted friend(信赖的朋友)。

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