acquaintance
英 [?'kwe?nt(?)ns]
美[?'kwent?ns]
- n. 熟人；相識；了解；知道
CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?acquaintances;
英英釋意
- 1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- 2. a relationship less intimate than friendship
- 3. a person with whom you are acquainted;
- "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"
- "we are friends of the family"
英文詞源
- acquaintance (n.)
- c. 1300, "state of being acquainted;" late 14c., "person with whom one is acquainted;" also "personal knowledge;" from Old French acointance "acquaintance, friendship, familiarity," noun of action from acointer (see acquaint). Acquaintant (17c.), would have been better in the "person known" sense but is now obsolete.
同義詞辨析
friend, mate, acquaintance, pal
這些名詞都有"朋友"之意。
friend： 一般用詞，指某人喜愛并樂意與之相交往的人。
mate： 最普通用詞，既可指好友、同事，又可指合伙人，還可指配偶的一方。
acquaintance： 指彼此相識，但交往不甚密切，相互間沒有深厚情感的人。
pal： 口語用詞，指十分要好的朋友。
考試真題
- If you tell an acquaintance you are a grandfather who recently lost his wife and who does volunteer work on weekends, several elements of your self-image are bought to light — the roles of grandparent, widower and conscientious citizen.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- For a social epidemic to occur,however,each person so affected,must then influence his or her own acquaintances,who must in turn influence theirs,and so on;and just how many others pay attention to each of these people has little to do with the initial influential.
出自-2010年考研閱讀原文
詞組搭配
make the acquaintance of (或 make someone's acquain
meet someone for the first time and come to know them slightly
結(jié)識某人
實(shí)用場景例句
- He's just a business acquaintance.
- 他只是業(yè)務(wù)上認(rèn)識的人。
牛津詞典
- He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.
- 他希望他們的交情會進(jìn)一步發(fā)展。
牛津詞典
- I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.
- 我對現(xiàn)代詩所知甚少。
牛津詞典
- I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker.
- 貝克太太，我很高興與您相識。
牛津詞典
- I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time.
- 大約在那段時(shí)間，我結(jié)識了幾位音樂家。
牛津詞典
- No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful.
- 我所認(rèn)識的人當(dāng)中，沒有一個(gè)人如此富有或者成功。
牛津詞典
- Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not ‘the right type ’.
- 初次見面就看出他顯然不是“對路子的人”。
牛津詞典
- Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances .
- 克萊爾交游很廣。
牛津詞典
- I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
- 很高興認(rèn)識您，特威德先生。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...a highly cultivated woman of our acquaintance.
- 我們認(rèn)識的一位很有修養(yǎng)的女性
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The proprietor was an old acquaintance of his...
- 業(yè)主是他的一位舊相識。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
- 我在攝影界交游甚廣。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...a writer who becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer...
- 因?yàn)檎J(rèn)識一位警官而參與到一件真實(shí)謀殺懸案調(diào)查的作家
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
- 初次相見時(shí)她表現(xiàn)冷淡并有點(diǎn)愛搭不理。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They had little or no acquaintance with philosophy or history...
- 他們在哲學(xué)或是歷史方面幾乎一無所知。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s...
- 我與他初次相識是在20世紀(jì)60年代早期。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I have no personal acquaintance with him, I only know of him from television.
- 我個(gè)人和他并不熟, 我僅僅是在電視上看到過他.
期刊摘選
- Charles is shy and does not take the initiative in make acquaintance.
- 查理斯怕羞,不會主動(dòng)結(jié)交朋友.
期刊摘選
- She picked up an acquaintance with a young man on the train.
- 她在火車上結(jié)識了一位年輕人.
期刊摘選
- I struck up an acquaintance with him while on my trip to Sichuan.
- 我是在去四川的路上和他認(rèn)識的.
期刊摘選
- You made Lady Cho's acquaintance as a child?
- 你還是個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候就認(rèn)識趙夫人了 吧 ?
電影對白
- I have never made his acquaintance.
- 我與他素昧平生.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- He struck up an acquaintance with a girl on the train.
- 他在火車上結(jié)識了一位姑娘.
期刊摘選