The best information about hotels usually comes from friends and acquaintances who have been there.

有关旅馆的最佳信息通常来自曾经去过那儿的朋友和熟人。

Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried.

仅仅只是相识的人互相拥抱、互相亲吻、喜极而泣。

Apparently, we look down on acquaintances more so than friends.

显然，比起朋友，我们更看不起熟人。

Those with the greatest diversity of acquaintances enjoyed far more success.

那些所结识熟人的多元化程度最高的人更容易获得成功。

Old acquaintances welcomed him joyously, and new ones were proud to shake him by the hand.

老相识们兴高采烈地欢迎他，新朋友们也以和他握手为荣。

I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they'd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances.

我让顾客告诉我，并向我实行一些我怀疑他们永远不会对他们最普通的熟人说或做的事情。

She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances.

她把普通的聚餐、有亲戚可能来的周日聚餐和熟人的鸡尾酒会区分开来。

That's OK between sisters but becomes dangerous territory when you're talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.

在姐妹之间这是可以的，但当你和朋友或熟人的孩子交谈时，这就变成了危险的领域。

Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope, who may have one or two friends?

想想一个有数百个熟人的热心鸡尾酒会女主人和一个性情乖戾的厌世者，谁可能会有一两个朋友？

"Asking your close friends for help or advice is nothing new, but we are seeing a lowering of barriers among acquaintances," she says.

她说：“向亲密朋友寻求帮助或建议并不是什么新鲜事，但我们发现熟人之间的隔阂也在减少。”

One common French custom of greetings is cheek-kissing, but it is mostly restricted to friends, close acquaintances and family members.

一个常见的法国问候习俗是亲吻脸颊，但它主要限于朋友、熟人和家人。

So, smile when you meet acquaintances or even strangers, say a cheerful "Hi!" and automatically some of your awkwardness will disappear completely!

所以，当你遇到熟人甚至是陌生人的时候，微笑着说一声“嗨！”， 你的尴尬就会自动消失！

It was Granovetter who first coined the term "weak-ties", which he used to refer to people's loose acquaintances—in other words, friends-of-friends.

格兰诺威特是第一个造出“弱连接”一词的人，他用此词来指代人们不太亲密的相识——换句话说，就是“朋友的朋友”。

Hancock concluded that people who use these sites to keep updated on the activities of their acquaintances are more likely to be liked in subsequent social interactions.

汉考克得出的结论是，使用这些网站来不断了解其熟人活动的人们在随后的社交互动中更容易被喜欢。

In 1973 sociologist Mark Granovetter showed how the loose acquaintances, or "weak ties", in our social network exert a disproportionate influence over our behaviour and choices.

1973年，社会学家马克·格兰诺维特指出，在我们的社交网络中，关系松散的熟人或“弱关系”对我们的行为和选择产生了不成比例的影响。

No one really knows how many different faces someone can recall, for example, but various estimates tend to hover in the thousands—based on the number of acquaintances a person might have.

例如，没人确切地知道一个人究竟能记住多少张不同的面孔，但是各类评估倾向于几千张上下——依据一个人可能相识的人数来判断。

Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

克莱尔交游很广。

Today, our number of weak-tie acquaintances has exploded due to the Internet—to the phenomenon online social networking.

如今，由于互联网带来的线上社交网络的盛行，我们建立的“弱关系”的数量大幅增加。

As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they'd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances.

作为一个拿工资为人们提供食物的人，我有些顾客对我说过做过一些事情，我怀疑这些言行他们即使是对着最泛泛之交的人也永远不会说或做的。

As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and do things to me I suspect they'd never say or do to their most casual acquaintances.

作为一个拿工资为人们提供食物的人，我有些顾客对我说过做过一些事情，我怀疑这些言行他们即使是对着最泛泛之交的人也永远不会说或做的。

We are the casual acquaintances of a long railway journey.

我们是在火车长途旅行中相识的朋友。

A man may have acquaintances all over the world, but very few true friends.

相交满天下， 知心能几人。

You know, new clothes are best, and so are old acquaintances. I think, you'd better go back.

衣不如新，人不如旧，依我看来，你还是回去好些。

We are only casual acquaintances.

我们只是泛泛之交。

Try these tests on your acquaintances.

用这些试题去考考你的熟人吧。

You may find acquaintances being deceptive.

你可能会发现熟人在欺骗。

Why not invite more colleagues and acquaintances?

为什么不邀请更多的同事和熟人呢？

He also had friends and acquaintances who were lawyers.

他也有律师朋友和熟人。

My children meet my friends and acquaintances, of course.

当然，我的孩子是要见我的朋友和熟人的。

Keep in touch with friends, acquaintances and, colleagues.

和朋友、熟人和同事保持联系。