acquaint: [13] Acquaint is connected with quaint, distant though they may seem in meaning. It comes via Old French acointer from medieval Latin accognitāre, which was based ultimately on cognitus, the past participle of cognoscere ‘know’. Cognitus gave English cognition, of course, but also quaint (cognitus developed into cointe, queinte in Old French, and came to mean ‘skilled, expert’; this led later to the notion of being skilfully made or elegant, which eventually degenerated into ‘a(chǎn)greeably curious’). => cognition, quaint
acquaint (v.)
early 13c., from Old French acointier "make known, make acquaintance of," from Vulgar Latin accognitare "to make known," from Latin accognitus "acquainted with," past participle of accognoscere "know well," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + cognitus, past participle of cogniscere "come to know," from com- "with" (see com-) + gnoscere "know" (see notice (n.)). Originally reflexive, "to make oneself known;" sense of "to gain for oneself personal knowledge of" is from early 14c. Related: Acquainted; acquainting.
雙語例句
1. The proprietor was an old acquaint-ance of his.
業(yè)主是他的一位舊相識。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Please acquaint me with the facts of the case.
請把這事的實(shí)情告訴我。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Acquaint him with your plans.
把你的計(jì)劃告知他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. You must acquaint yourself with your new duties.