Acquaintance
[ ə'kwentəns ]
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n. 相识的人，熟人;相识;对…有了解;知识，心得;
💡 词根助记
ac一再+quaint告知+ance表名词 → 一再告知 → 了解，熟悉
📝 例句
a person's acquaintance
结识某人 [设法结识某人]
His closer acquaintance with Miss Middleton squared with his first impressions.
他对米得尔顿小姐的进一步了解与他的初步印象相符。
I have some acquaintance with Spanish.
我懂一点西班牙语。
Do you find them agreeable acquaintance?
你们觉得和他们交往愉快吗？
She has many acquaintances in the business community.
她在商界有不少熟人。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ acquaint-认识,acquaintance-熟人:认识熟人
※ ac-AC米兰,quaintance-谐音“快疼死的”:AC米兰有一个快疼死的熟人
※ ac-AC米兰,quaintance-谐音“快疼死的”:AC球星万人晓,场上被踢快疼死了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
acquaintance
n
1 [U] ~ with sth/sb (often slight) knowledge of sth/sb 对某事物[某人]（常为略微的）了解
He has some little acquaintance with the Japanese language. 他稍微会一点儿日语.
2 [C] person whom one knows but who is not a close friend 相识而非密友者; 泛泛之交
He has a wide circle of acquaintances. 他交游甚广.
She's an old acquaintance, ie I've known her for a long time. 她是个老相识（我早就认识她）.
3 (idm 习语) have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth => nod. make sb's acquaintance/make the acquaintance of sb get to know sb; meet sb personally 结识某人; 与某人相见
I made his acquaintance at a party. 我是在一个聚会 上认识他的. on (further) ac`quaintance when known for a (longer) period of time 认识了一段（较长）时间以後
His manner seemed unpleasant at first, but he improved on further acquaintance. 他的举止起初让人很不愉快, 但是经过进一步接触他改了许多. scrape an acquaintance with sb => scrape1.
🎯 考研助记
acquaint v.认识-acquaintance n. 认识 熟人 a(一个)+quaintance(谐音：快疼死):一个快疼死的 熟人
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'kweintәns]n. 认识, 相识者相关词组: to have a nodding acquaintance with... to make the acquaintance of sb
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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The film was set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century.
这部影片是以19世纪中叶加利福尼亚为背景的。
But wait till you see what we'll make for you to your own measure.
不过，您等着，瞧瞧我们给您定做出来的衣服是什么样子的吧。
I told him that if painting was important for him, he would live on bread in order to succeed.
我告诉他说，如果绘画对他很重要的话，那么要取得成功，就得靠啃干面包生活了。