| 单词 | acquaintance |
| 释义 | acquaintance (once / 119 pages) n An acquaintance is someone you know a little about, but they’re not your best friend or anything. Acquaintance is also having knowledge about something specific, like horror films or the farming techniques of Chinese peasants. The root of acquaintance is the Old French word acointier, a verb meaning “make known.” Being the acquaintance of a person or topic means that you know something about it. An acquaintance is less intimate than a friend, like a person in your class whose name you know, but that’s it. When you “make the acquaintance of” someone, you meet them for the first time. If you know nothing about eggplants, you’d say, “I have little acquaintance with eggplants.” WORD FAMILYacquaintance: acquaintances, acquaintanceship+/acquaint: acquaintance, acquainted, acquainting, acquaints, reacquaint/acquaintanceship: acquaintanceships/acquainted: unacquainted/reacquaint: reacquainted, reacquainting, reacquaints USAGE EXAMPLESAmong owners who purchased their most recent gun from a friend or acquaintance, 77% did so without a background check. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Police say that the 57-year-old officer was visiting an acquaintance in the area at the time of the shooting. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) David Wildstein, another Port Authority official who was a high school acquaintance of Christie’s, pleaded guilty and testified for the government. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n personal knowledge or information about someone or something Syn|Hyper conversance, conversancy, familiarity information knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction 2n a person with whom you are acquainted I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper friend alien, stranger, unknown anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found strangeran individual that one is not acquainted with bunkmate someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself campmatesomeone who lives in the same camp you do connection(usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) end mana man at one end of a row of people homeboya male friend from your neighborhood or hometown messmate(nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) pickupa casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmatean acquaintance that you go to school with individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3n a relationship less intimate than friendship Syn|Hyper acquaintanceship relationship a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries |
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