acquaintance

noun

1. 认识的人；泛泛之交；熟人
   a person that you know but who is not a close friend
   1. Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances .
      克莱尔交游很广。
   2. He's just a business acquaintance.
      他只是业务上认识的人。
2. （与某人）认识，略有交情
   slight friendship
   1. He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.
      他希望他们的交情会进一步发展。
3. （对某事物的）了解
   knowledge of sth
   1. I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.
      我对现代诗所知甚少。

1. N-COUNT 认识的人；泛泛之交
   An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
   1. The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his...
      业主是他的一位旧相识。
   2. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
      我在摄影界交游甚广。
2. N-VAR 认识;相识
   If you have an acquaintance with someone, you have met them and you know them.
   1. ...a writer who becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer...
      因为认识一位警官而参与到一件真实谋杀悬案调查的作家
   2. On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
      初次相见时她表现冷淡并有点爱搭不理。
3. N-UNCOUNT 了解；熟悉
   Your acquaintance with a subject is your knowledge or experience of it.
   1. They had little or no acquaintance with philosophy or history...
      他们在哲学或是历史方面几乎一无所知。
4. PHRASE 与（某人）初次相识;结识(某人)
   When you make someone's acquaintance, you meet them for the first time and get to know them a little.
   1. I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s...
      我与他初次相识是在20世纪60年代早期。
   2. I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
      很高兴认识您，特威德先生。
5. PHRASE 所认识的
   A person of your acquaintance is someone who you have met and know.
   1. ...a highly cultivated woman of our acquaintance.
      我们认识的一位很有修养的女性

1. The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his
   业主是他的一位旧相识。
2. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
   我在摄影界交游甚广。
3. On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
   初次相见时她表现冷淡并有点爱搭不理。
4. They had little or no acquaintance with philosophy or history
   他们在哲学或是历史方面几乎一无所知。
5. I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s
   我与他初次相识是在20世纪60年代早期。
6. I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
   很高兴认识您，特威德先生。
7. Hammer's business pedigree almost guaranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents
   哈默的商业背景几乎保证了他能够结识美国总统。
8. I found him to be splendid company during the hour of our acquaintance.
   在我们相处的那段时间里我发现他是个很好的同伴。
9. It will be advisable for you to drop an acquaintance such as John; he is not a good companion for you.
   你和约翰那样的人断绝往来是明智的，对于你他并不是一个好伙伴。
10. He is an old journalistic acquaintance.
    他是我在新闻界的一位旧交。
11. I have only a bowing [ nodding] acquaintance with him.
    我和他只有点头之交。
12. Many people sought his acquaintance.
    许多人竭力想结识他。
13. I regret to have made your acquaintance so late.
    识荆恨晚。
14. I have a nodding acquaintance with her.
    我和她只是点头之交。
15. I'm afraid I have only a passing acquaintance with his works.
    恐怕我只看过几眼他的著作。
16. We should enlarge our acquaintance with foreign countries.
    我们应该扩大对外国的了解。
17. It was at the mapstone's party that I first made his acquaintance.
    我是在迈普斯顿的聚会上初次与他相识的。
18. I have struck up an acquaintance with him.
    我已与他结识。
19. On closer acquaintance, he proved to be a nice man.
    对他进一步的了解证明他是一个挺不错的人。
20. They married on brief acquaintance.
    他们相识不久就结婚了。
21. He has widened his acquaintance with literature.
    他扩大了对文学的了解。
22. He is an old acquaintance of mine.
    他是我的一个旧相识。
23. He has gained acquaintance with it.
    他已熟悉了它。
24. He is not a friend, only an acquaintance.
    他不是朋友，只是一位相识的人。
25. He is a man of wide acquaintance.
    他是一个交游广阔的人。
26. I still keep up my acquaintance with him.
    我仍然和他保持朋友关系。
27. I have a bowing acquaintance with German literature.
    我对德国文学略知一二。
28. Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is limited.
    可悲的是，我对西班牙文学的了解是有限的。
29. I made her acquaintance in beijing.
    我与她在北京结识。
30. No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful.
    我所认识的人当中，没有一个人如此富有或成功。

  acquaintance confidant pal【导航词义：熟人】

  acquaintance n. 相识的人，熟人

〔辨析〕指见面点头的熟人，但还不是朋友。

  confidant n. 知己，密友

〔辨析〕指可倾诉衷肠、忠诚可靠之人。

  pal n. 〈非正式〉朋友，伙伴

〔辨析〕普通用词，多用于口语，尤指特别要好的朋友。

n.

make sb's acquaintance

make the acquaintance of sb

• 与某人初次相见；结识某人
  to meet sb for the first time
  1. I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker.
     贝克太太，我很高兴与您相识。
  2. I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time.
     大约在那段时间，我结识了几位音乐家。

of your acquaintance

• 所认识的；所了解的
  that you know
  1. No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful.
     我所认识的人当中，没有一个人如此富有或者成功。

on first acquaintance

• 初次相见时
  when you first meet sb
  1. Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not ‘the right type’.
     初次见面就看出他显然不是“对路子的人”。

have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth

• 与…有点头之交；对…略知一二
  to only know sb/sth slightly

noun

1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

   Synonym:    familiarityconversanceconversancy

2. a person with whom you are acquainted
   1. I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances
   2. we are friends of the family

   Synonym:    friend

3. a relationship less intimate than friendship

   Synonym:    acquaintanceship