acquaint

英 [ə'kweɪnt] 美 [ə'kweɪnt]

• vt. 使了解；使熟知；告知

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使熟悉; 使了解

   oneself make sb/oneself familiar with or aware of sth

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 熟悉的，了解的，认识的

v. 动词

1. （使）了解，（使）熟悉，（使）知道，使...熟知
2. 把某事告知（通知、介绍）给某人，告知，通知，告诉，介绍
3. （使）相识，（使）认识，与...相识
4. 使 ... 熟知

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to come to know personally;

   "permit me to acquaint you with my son"
   "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
   

2. make familiar or conversant with;

   "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"
   "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
   

3. inform;

   "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We should first try to acquaint ourselves with the facts.
   我们先要想法了解事实。
2. These books acquaint Chinese readers with the ancient cultures of these lands.
   这些书帮助中国读者了解这些地区的古代文化。
3. You must acquaint yourself with your new duties.
   你必须熟悉自己的新职务。
4. Please acquaint him with my arrival.
   请通知他我到了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. We're already acquainted.
   我们已经互相认识了。

S+～+ pron./n. +with n./pron.

1. Acquaint him with your plans.
   把你的计划告知他。
2. I will acquaint you with the facts.
   我会把事实告诉你的。
3. Travel will acquaint you with new customs.
   旅行会使你熟悉一些新的习俗。
4. Please acquaint me with the facts of the case.
   请把这事的实情告诉我。
5. I acquainted him with the date of our departure.
   我把我们动身的日期通知了他。
6. The scenes of the operas acquainted me keenly with the terrible and agonizing sufferings inflicted on the Korean people by the 36 years of Japanese colonial rule.
   我看了这些歌剧后,进一步了解了历时36年的殖民统治给朝鲜人民带来多么大的苦难。
7. This book acquaints the students with the ancient cultures of Europe.
   这本书帮助学生了解欧洲的古代文化。
8. They acquainted western readers with recent happenings in China.
   他们向西方读者介绍了中国最近发生的事情。
9. We aim to acquaint policy makers with some of these issues.
   我们旨在让政策制定者们认识到这些问题中的一部分。
10. He acquaints himself with the training of the units.
    他经常了解部队的训练情况。
11. I had acquainted myself with their customs.
    我已经熟悉他们的风俗习惯。
12. She had failed to acquaint herself with the facts.
    她没有了解到事实情况。
13. The lawyer acquainted herself with the facts of the case.
    律师了解了案件的事实。
14. We should first try to acquaint ourselves with the new job.
    我们先要设法熟悉这新工作。
15. We should acquaint ourselves with this advanced technique.
    我们应该使自己熟悉这种先进技术。
16. You must acquaint yourself with the details of the new design.
    你必须熟悉新设计的细节。
17. You will first need to acquaint yourself with the filling system.
    你首先需要熟悉文件归档方法。
18. They asked the master worker to acquaint themselves with various new technological processes.
    他们请工人师傅给他们介绍各种新的工艺过程。
1
19. I'm acquainted with the girl.
    我跟这姑娘见过面。
20. Are you acquainted with the president of the university?
    你认识这个大学的校长吗？
21. I have heard about your friend but I'm not acquainted with him.
    我听说过你的朋友,但同他不熟。
22. I am acquainted with the names of at least eight such people.
    我至少已经获知这些人中间八人的名字。
23. Are you fully acquainted with the latest situation there?
    你对那儿的最新情况充分了解了吗?
24. He got acquainted with the market situation there.
    他熟悉了那儿的市场情况。
25. He quickly got acquainted with the new regulations.
    他很快就熟悉了新规章。
26. She became acquainted with these facts.
    她开始对情况有所了解。

S+～+ n./pron. +that-clause

1. I acquainted him that I would travel.
   我告诉他我要去旅行。
2. I wish to acquaint you that your friend has already left.
   我想告知你,你的朋友早已走了。

经典引文

• Though the Choiseuls will not acquaint with you.

  出自： Horace Walpole

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• acquaint information about sth 介绍; 使认识; 使了解

～+副词

• acquaint entirely 完全了解
• acquaint fully 十分熟悉
• acquaint imperfectly 不完全了解
• acquaint intimately 很快熟悉
• acquaint minutely 迅速了解
• acquaint really 真正了解
• acquaint slightly 略知皮毛
• acquaint sufficiently 足够地了解
• acquaint thoroughly 彻底了解
• acquaint widely 交际甚广

～+介词

• acquaint oneself with one's new duties 熟悉自己的新职务
• acquaint sb of one's intention 把自己的意图告诉…
• acquaint sb with 使某人熟悉,把…告知某人
• acquaint sb with the art 使…对艺术略知一二
• acquaint sb with the facts 使某人熟悉事实
• acquaint sb with the situation 使某人熟悉情况

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. acquaint是正式用词,基本意思是“让某人获知”,指向某人介绍某事的经过或传递有关全过程的信息,使其知晓。
2. acquaint是及物动词,以“告知”的对象为间接宾语(名词、人称代词或反身代词),而直接宾语即告知的内容则由with引起的介词短语或名词性从句充当。
3. acquaint的过去分词acquainted常用作形容词,用于系表结构中,强调熟悉或知晓的状态。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

acquaint, advise, inform, notify, tell

• 这组词的共同意思是“通知”,其区别是：
• 1.除tell外是一般用词,其余各词均为正式用词。
• 2.在“通知”的手段上, acquaint主要指向某人提供资料; tell是指将某事直接告诉某人或把某些内容向他人讲述,即口头通知; inform既可指提供有关资料或信息,也可指直接告知某事; notify指正式用书面通知; advise则常用于商业活动,既可指书面通知,即通告,电告,也可指口头告知或电话通知,但不一定是正式的。
• 3.在通知的内容上, acquaint常用于范围广泛的内容复杂的信息; tell多指一个故事或一件事; inform既可指重要的信息,也可指普通的一件事; advise多指商业活动中对方应知晓的信息; notify则指严肃的事或对方应知晓的事,暗含事情紧迫,需立即答复或处理的意味。
• 4.在用法上,这组词均为及物动词,可跟简单宾语或“间接宾语+that/wh-从句”, acquaint还可跟with短语,常用于被动结构; advise还可跟of短语; inform还可跟含“带疑问词的动词不定式和含介词as to或about的复合宾语”; notify还常跟of短语和含动词不定式的复合宾语,常用于被动结构。

inform，acquaint，notify，advise

• 这些动词都有“通知、告知”之意。
• inform普通用词，指传达事实或信息，或指经过研究或调查而获得的事实或信息。
• acquaint指提供有关信息或情况使某人熟悉某些过程或复杂的情况。
• notify指正式通知需要注意的事情。
• advise指正式通知某件重要事，所通知的事情与被通知的人有关。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的的acointier，意为了解。

近反义词

【近义词】

• notify 通知
• inform 通知
• tell 告诉
• apprise 通知
• familiarize 使熟悉
• enlighten 启发
• teach 教
• let know 告知
• let in on 告诉，让…知道，让…参与...
• explain 说明
• run by 时间逝去, 跑过...
• orient 东方
• familiar 熟悉的
• make 做
• introduce 介绍
• advise 劝告
• familiarise 使熟悉
• present 礼物

派生词

v.(动词)

• acquainted adj. 熟悉; 了解