| 单词 | acquaint |
| 释义 | acquaint (once / 66 pages) v When you acquaint yourself with something, you familiarize yourself with it. When you visit a new city, you should acquaint yourself with the layout of the streets so you don’t get lost. You can also acquaint yourself with another person, by introducing yourself and getting know them. When you see the moving truck pull in across the street, you might want to run over and acquaint yourself with your new neighbors. The word acquaint comes via French from the Latin accognoscere, which is made up of ad- “to,” or “toward,” and cognoscere “come to know.” WORD FAMILYacquaint: acquaintance, acquainted, acquainting, acquaints, reacquaint+/acquaintance: acquaintances, acquaintanceship/acquaintanceship: acquaintanceships/acquainted: unacquainted/reacquaint: reacquainted, reacquainting, reacquaints USAGE EXAMPLESAs it performs its tasks, checking balances and searching transactions, it uses machine-learning algorithms to acquaint itself with the contours of typical requests. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) If you were planning to serve whipped cream with your holiday desserts this year, you might want to acquaint yourself with the homemade kind. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) He is well acquainted with his grandfather’s ability to adapt to various settings. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1v cause to come to know personally permit me to acquaint you with my son Syn|Hypo|Hyper introduce, present familiarise, familiarize make familiar or conversant with re-introduce, reintroduce introduce anew presentformally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. bring out, introducebring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 2v make familiar or conversant with you should acquaint yourself with your new computer Syn|Hypo|Hyper familiarise, familiarize introduce, present cause to come to know personally orient familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances versefamiliarize through thorough study or experience reacquaintfamiliarize anew get intofamiliarize oneself thoroughly with inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 3v inform Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move Hyper inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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