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acquired adj.已取得的；已获得的；已成习惯的动词acquire的过去式和过去分词. (1) 我们的结论基于全部可获得的知识，而不是基于猜测和想象。(2) 抽烟喝酒的嗜好并不与生俱来,而是后天养成的。 Acquired comes from the Latin word acquirere, meaning "to seek in addition to." You may the verb acquire, meaning "to get or obtain," as in your habit of acquiring pairs of sneakers. So, something acquired is something you have gotten, not something you always had. For example, if you have an acquired habit of reading novels, this is something that developed over time. After all, you weren't born reading!

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英 [ə'kwaɪəd] 美 [ə'kwaɪəd] (1) Our conclusions are based on all acquired knowledge, rather than on guesses or imagination.(2) Smoking and alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not in born. Acquired is not something you're born with: you gain or develop it later in life, like your acquired taste for coffee.

英语单词	acquired
英美音标	英 [ə'kwaɪəd] 美 [ə'kwaɪəd]
中文释义	adj.已取得的；已获得的；已成习惯的动词acquire的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句	(1) Our conclusions are based on all acquired knowledge, rather than on guesses or imagination. (2) Smoking and alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not in born.
中文例句	(1) 我们的结论基于全部可获得的知识，而不是基于猜测和想象。 (2) 抽烟喝酒的嗜好并不与生俱来,而是后天养成的。
vocabulary简明	Acquired is not something you're born with: you gain or develop it later in life, like your acquired taste for coffee.
vocabulary扩展	Acquired comes from the Latin word acquirere, meaning "to seek in addition to." You may the verb acquire, meaning "to get or obtain," as in your habit of acquiring pairs of sneakers. So, something acquired is something you have gotten, not something you always had. For example, if you have an acquired habit of reading novels, this is something that developed over time. After all, you weren't born reading!

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