acquaintance
熟人
definition
noun
the students had little acquaintance with the language
a person's knowledge or experience of something.
a wide circle of friends and acquaintances
a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
translation of 'acquaintance'
noun
学问,
相识,
交,
谊,
熟人,
熟知,
諝,
学术,
故
example
It was a fine achievement and I hope the singers enjoyed singing it as much as I enjoyed the opportunity of renewing my 'acquaintance' with this excellent piece.
His varied 'acquaintance' included Boswell, Bentham, Godwin, Paine, and Coleridge.
I genuinely love the company of women, unlike certain misogynistic Lotharios of my 'acquaintance' .
Long 'acquaintance' with her own profession makes her impatient with fantasists and phonies.
Djuna Barnes was one of the bohemian set in 1920 and 30s Paris, and her creative circle of 'acquaintance' included Gertrude Stein.
If you get some special facilities because of your 'acquaintance' with the doctor, don't make it public - have regard for the feelings and sentiments of other patients.
his extensive 'acquaintance' included Oscar Wilde and Yeats
While awaiting the widening of 16th Avenue N.W., you can broaden your 'acquaintance' with poetry at Annie's Book Co.
Intuition represents knowledge by ‘direct 'acquaintance' with things.’
If, during the course of the night, you happen to meet two philosophical ladies of your 'acquaintance' , it is important that you conduct yourself respectably.
Anyone who has any 'acquaintance' with the Bible will know that prophets regularly used strong language when confronted with hypocrisy or decadence.
his extensive 'acquaintance' included Oscar Wilde and Yeats
I renewed my 'acquaintance' with Herbert
When his marriage is disrupted by the renewal of his 'acquaintance' with Shimamoto, it comes back to haunt him.
She despises George and is diverted by the renewal of her 'acquaintance' with the rakish Judge Brack who offers the possibility of flirting, gossip and intrigue.
As soon as the statement was issued to the press, however, anyone enjoying even the slightest 'acquaintance' with the player recognised that the words were not his.
My 'acquaintance' with her just before she entered government made the experience particularly alarming.
It was a moment of collective 'acquaintance' with history and the past.
In such terms Mr Gradgrind always mentally introduced himself, whether to his private circle of 'acquaintance' , or to the public in general.
Now, because of her 'acquaintance' with Moher, Zalie was looked at as if she were one of the most important people ever born.
With the renewal of his 'acquaintance' with her, Jean's life takes a new turn.
Should the rest of us trust what we see on television when our 'acquaintance' with a case is confined to that little bit of testimony that is billed as a confession?
One fellow London-dweller of my 'acquaintance' said recently she was finally decamping from the city.
Sentimental souls are invited to renew their 'acquaintance' with the Warrumbungle National Park during its 50 year celebrations next month.
It's appalling to think that a book like this may enter classrooms and inflict itself on young minds with little or no 'acquaintance' with art history.
Caresses marks my first 'acquaintance' with the work of the Catalan playwright Sergi Belbel - and I am certainly richer for the introduction.
the students had little 'acquaintance' with the language
I renewed my 'acquaintance' with Herbert
He could have included elite journalists in that circle of 'acquaintance' .
I left feeling a bit cheated, but in the following days renewed my 'acquaintance' with the Shostakovich concerto - encouraged by the memory of an inspired performance.
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