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Acquire D   [V N Taste Verb 动词 Knowledge

英语单词 acquire
英美音标 英 [ə'kwaɪə(r)] 美 [ə'kwaɪər]
中文释义 vt.获得;学到;取得
英语例句 (1) We should try to acquire good habits.
(2) He will acquire the right to permanent residency here.
(3) We hope to acquire the knowledge in the happiness.
(4) You must acquire great skills of perception.
(5) We should acquire more firsthand information.
中文例句 (1) 我们应该努力养成良好的习惯。
(2) 他将获得这里的永久居留权。
(3) 我们希望在快乐中获得知识。
(4) 你必须学会洞察事物的高超技巧。
(5) 我们应当取得更多的第一手资料。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]获得;购得 If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
  [V n]
  [V n from n]
  [V-ed]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...

    通用汽车公司以大约4亿美元的价格购得了萨博汽车公司50%的股份。

  • I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...

    最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。

  • She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair.

    她正坐在新买的轮椅上。

2
[VERB 动词]获得(技能);养成(习惯) If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • I've never acquired a taste for wine...

    我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。

  • Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.

    读完此书,她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。

3
[VERB 动词]获得,得到(某种名声) If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
  [V n]
  • He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.

    他已经赢得了该国首席小提琴独奏家的名誉。

4
[PHRASE 短语]后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣 If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
  [usu v-link PHR]
  • Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...

    要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。

  • Living alone is an acquired taste.

    独处是一种修得的境界。

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