| 单词 | to put a person au fait of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put a person au fait of to be au fait in or at: to be well instructed or ‘up to the mark’ in, thoroughly conversant with, expert or skilful in. to put a person au fait of (= French mettre au fait de): to instruct thoroughly in. Also const. with or (less commonly) to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be skilled or versed in [verb (transitive)] witOE knowOE underfoa1300 practa1513 skill?1529 to be au fait in or ata1743 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 a1743 Ld. Hervey Mem. (1952) v. 221 Your Majesty being au fait of all transactions..for these last ten years. 1748 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann II. 255 Being au fait he went up to him at Ranelagh and apostrophized him. 1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 220 Yet, to be au fait at nonsense, is no easy matter. 1824 T. De Quincey Incognito in Knight's Q. Mag. 3 150 The gallant troops were not quite au fait in the art of loading. 1828 A. Granville Autobiogr. II. 286 I..will put you au fait of all the circumstances of the case. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 157 For the benefit of those who are not ‘au fait’ to the mysteries of the ‘Jew-basket’ and ‘Missionary-basket’..these ‘meubles’ are willow-repositories. 1881 Daily News 7 Mar. 2/3 (Boat-race), Not quite so au fait at the work as Mr. West. 1906 Nature 13 Sept. 485/1 The author is..not au fait with any up-to-date work. 1916 T. E. Lawrence Let. 22 Dec. (1938) 213 I hope..to run up first to Feisal and so put you au fait with his intentions. 1936 Punch 3 June 624/2 Now Daniel would have been perfectly au fait with such a situation. < as lemmas |
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