acquaint 的用法及固定搭配

acquaint

1.acquaint是“使…认识”，不是“认识”，后面接with。“我认识他”该说I am acquainted with him。be acquainted with含有“仅仅认识、并不亲近”的意思。

2.acquaint虽然作“使…认识”解，“我要使他认识她”却不可说I want to acquaint him with her，照习惯该说I want to make (或get) him acquainted with her。

3.make (或get) him (或you等) acquainted with后面接指事物的词也可以。例如：I want to make (或get) him acquainted with some new words. （我将使他认识几个新词。）把make或get改作bring从前普通，现在不大通用。

4.He wrote to acquaint me with the situation（他写信告诉我那情况）和He wrote to acquaint me how the work was going on等句子里的acquaint现在在美国是普通的，但在英国不很普通，通常改用tell或inform。改用了tell或inform，第一句里的with该改作about。