“A passing acquaintance with” nghĩa là gì?

“A passing acquaintance with” = sự hiểu biết thoáng qua/ngẫu nhiên -> nghĩa là kiến thức hạn chế, không biết nhiều về ai/điều gì.

Ví dụ

I met one of these people a long time ago, and at the time there was no reason for us to become friends. There was no reason for us to not become friends either, mind you, it was just that it was a passing acquaintance with no reason to be anything more. No reason except this person was Vicki Evans, that is. There was no such thing as “passing” anything with Vicki. Vicki liked to talk and she liked people, and she frequently added those two together to make friends with the most unlikely of people. No, actually, it was more than that. Vicki was one of those people who made themselves family.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have a family connection to Joey Smallwood; he was my mother’s brother. But I’m not his apologist. I’ve never been a member of any political party. I write this letter as a proud Newfoundlander who fears for the future of my province. I was also a journalist who believes that facts matter. Oddly, much of the information outlined above is either unknown or ignored, although anyone with 20 minutes to spare and even a passing acquaintance with Google could have discovered it.

Trump is the ringmaster (người chỉ đạo buổi biểu diễn xiếc) of today’s supercharged political circus. The role comes naturally to him. It is a part of his persona and his modus operandi (cách làm việc). He is a master of innuendo (lời ám chỉ) and hyperbole (lời ngoa dụ). He is not troubled by moral or ethical standards (tiêu chuẩn đạo đức), and has no more than a passing acquaintance with the truth. He delights in churning up chaos and seeks to exploit it to his advantage. He early latched on to Twitter, and he spews out with seeming impunity so many tweets that opponents are hard pressed to know how or whether to respond. Mud-slinging seems to be the one part of the job that he truly enjoys. One must grudgingly concede that he has a certain gift for it.

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