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Acquire ə'Kwaɪər Work Hard Good Command Foreign Language

Front acquire
Pron [ə'kwaɪər]
Back 【ACQUIRE】
You must work hard to acquire a good command of a foreign language.
你必须努力用功,才能具备良好的外语能力。
【重点词汇】
acquire v. 获得 反: lose
Vocab
acquirecome into the possession of something concrete or abstract

To acquire means to get or come to own something. You acquire an education by your own effort. You acquire a painting by paying for it, or when someone gives it you. You acquire a sense of calm in crisis through experience.

The list of things you can acquire includes: an object, a trait, a skill, or an ability. An acquired taste is something that people usually don't like when they first experience it, but later they come to enjoy it, such as raw clams or marmite. The verb acquire was borrowed from Latin acquīrere "to add to," from the prefix ad- "at, toward" plus quaerere "to seek, get."

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