v.  了解

v.  告知

• acquaintance  

  n.  相识的人，泛泛之交，熟人

  n.  认识，交情

  n.  所知；了解

• acquaint yourself with sth 

  熟悉某事，了解某事

• acquaint sb with sth  把某事告知某人

• make sb’s acquaintance 

  结识某人，认识某人

• have a passing/nodding acquaintance with sth  对…一知半解

• on first acquaintance  初次见面时

• I need to acquaint myself with the new regulations. 我得熟悉一下新的规章制度。

• You need to acquaint the police with the facts. 你得把事实真相告诉警方。

• You can’t judge her on such short acquaintance.

  认识这么短时间，你无法对她作出评价。

• I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough’s acquaintance.

  我很高兴能认识麦高夫太太。

• He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.

  他对许多学科都知道个一鳞半爪。

• Most people are nicer than you think on first acquaintance.

  大多数人都比你初次见面时所认为的要好。

BrE /əˈkweɪnt/

NAmE /əˈkweɪnt/