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■ acquaintance这个名词的用法和搭配,中国人可能不大习惯。 1) 可以指人,意思是“熟人”、“有交情的人”。 - We're old acquaintances.咱们彼此是老熟人了。
- He has a wide circle of acquaintances.他的交游很广。
- They were nothing more than casual acquaintances.他们只是萍水相逢而已。
2) “熟人关系”、“交情”。 - There's a doctor of my acquaintance in the hospital.医院里有我认识的一位大夫。
- to strike up an acquaintance结交一个熟人
- his acquaintance with the minister他同部长的交情
- to have a nodding/passing acquaintance with somebody/something同某人有点头之交/对某事物略知一二
- I'm pleased/delighted to make your acquaintance.很高兴同您结识(也可以采取接近中文的结构,说 make acquaintance with you)。
除了 make 之外,acquaintance 前面还可以有其他动词。 - By a lucky chance it excited attention, and various persons sought my acquaintance. (Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Chapter III)由于偶然的因缘这本书引起了人们的注意,不少人想要同我结识。
3) 对人或物的了解。 - On first acquaintance, the city seems quite old.初来乍到时一看,这城市似乎相当古老。
- On closer acquaintance, I found her quite easy to get along with.经过进一步熟悉,我就发现她很好相处。
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