| 英语单词 | acquire |
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| 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 [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式]
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]
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]
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]
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