Word · Frequency #5967
Fully loadedacquaintance
熟人
A person you know slightly but who is not a close friend; such people collectively.
- 1.
A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
与某人相识的状态；最初表示友谊、亲密,但现在指比友谊浅的认识；相识关系
- 2.
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
对某人或某事的个人了解或信息
- 3.
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
与之相识的人
- 4.
a relationship less intimate than friendship
一种不如友谊亲密的关系
- 5.
Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
这些人集体；一个人的相识圈
- 6.
a person with whom you are acquainted
你认识的人
- 7.
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
个人知识(关于特定主题等)
相识；泛泛之交；了解；熟悉；与某人相识的状态；最初表示友谊、亲密,但现在指比友谊浅的认识；相识关系；对某人或某事的个人了解或信息；与之相识的人
In use
He is just an acquaintance from work; we don't socialize outside the office.
I made several new acquaintances at the conference.
She has a good acquaintance with French literature.
I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances
make the acquaintance of sb
较正式，用于初次见面。
I made the acquaintance of Mr. Smith at the conference.
我在会议上认识了史密斯先生。
have a(n) {adjective} acquaintance with sth
用于表示对某事物了解程度不深。
She has only a passing acquaintance with French literature.
她对法国文学只有浅显的了解。
Connections
Collocations
- make the acquaintance of
- 结识；认识
- I made the acquaintance of several interesting people at the conference.我在会议上认识了几位有趣的人。
- have a passing acquaintance with
- 对…略知皮毛
- She has only a passing acquaintance with the subject.她对这门学科只是略知皮毛。
- renew an acquaintance
- 重新结识
- I renewed our acquaintance after many years.多年后我重新结识了我们。
- mutual acquaintance
- 共同熟人
- We have a mutual acquaintance who introduced us.我们有一个共同熟人介绍我们认识。
- casual acquaintance
- 泛泛之交
- He is just a casual acquaintance, not a close friend.他只是泛泛之交，不是密友。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音联想'额困疼死'：遇到不熟的熟人，额头困窘得疼死了。
Context & Register
该词表示‘认识的人’，语气中性偏正式，通常用于正式或书面语境，在日常交谈中也可使用，但多用于描述不太亲密的关系。
Grammar Note
表示'熟人'时可数，表示'了解'时不可数；常与介词 with 连用表示'对...的了解'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'acquaintance' because the stressed vowel and following sounds differ; they only share the spelling ending '-tance' and the unstressed pronunciation /-təns/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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