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acquisitive adj.想获得的,有获得可能性的,可学到的 If you were trying to improve yourself by becoming less acquisitive, you might destroy your credit cards and force yourself to take a break from buying things. The adjective acquisitive comes from Latin word for "accumulate," acquirere, so when you're consumed with accumulating more and more, you can describe yourself as acquisitive. It's an easy word to confuse with inquisitive, which means "curious or inquiring." It's much better to be inquisitive than acquisitive! ☆☆☆☆☆ 2000.5

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[ə'kwizitiv] It may seem like your acquisitive cousin never talks about anything but shopping. Someone who's acquisitive is preoccupied with possessing material things. What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴望得到的；迫切求取的；贪婪的 If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.   [usu ADJ n]  [disapproval]We live in an acquisitive society...我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。acquisitivenessHis villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.他的别墅里满是他贪婪成性的证据。

英语单词	acquisitive
英美音标	[ə'kwizitiv]
中文释义	adj.想获得的,有获得可能性的,可学到的
vocab简明	It may seem like your acquisitive cousin never talks about anything but shopping. Someone who's acquisitive is preoccupied with possessing material things.
vocab扩展	If you were trying to improve yourself by becoming less acquisitive, you might destroy your credit cards and force yourself to take a break from buying things. The adjective acquisitive comes from Latin word for "accumulate," acquirere, so when you're consumed with accumulating more and more, you can describe yourself as acquisitive. It's an easy word to confuse with inquisitive, which means "curious or inquiring." It's much better to be inquisitive than acquisitive!
真题原句	What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]渴望得到的；迫切求取的；贪婪的 If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions. [usu ADJ n] [disapproval] We live in an acquisitive society... 我们生活在一个物欲横流的社会。 The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups. 最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。 acquisitiveness His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness. 他的别墅里满是他贪婪成性的证据。
来源	2000.5

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