acquire
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they acquire | |
| he / she / it acquires | |
| past simple acquired | |
| past participle acquired | |
| -ing form acquiring |
- acquire something
to gain something by your own efforts, ability or behaviour （通過努力、能力、行爲表現）獲得，得到 She has acquired a good knowledge of English. 她英語已經學得很好。 How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills? 獲得必要的技能需要多長時間？ I would love to apply the newly acquired skills to a job that I enjoy. 我想把新獲得的技能應用到我喜歡的工作中。 He has acquired a reputation for dishonesty. 他得到了奸詐的名聲。 I have recently acquired a taste for olives. 我最近開始喜歡吃橄欖了。
Extra ExamplesWhen you have acquired a basic range of computing skills, you will be ready to start the job. 當你掌握了一系列基本的計算技能後，你就可以開始工作了。 to acquire a love of something 獲得對某事物的熱愛 to acquire a bad name/criminal record/tan/look/appearance 獲得壞名聲/犯罪記錄/膚色/長相/外貌
- acquire something
to obtain something by buying or being given it 購得；獲得；得到 Not all of the land acquired for the road has been paid for yet. 爲修路而獲得的土地還沒有全部付清。 Austria has pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons. 奧地利承諾不獲取核武器。 Property acquired through crime will be confiscated. 通過犯罪獲得的財産將被沒收。 The company has just acquired new premises. 公司剛購得新辦公樓。 How did the gallery come to acquire so many Picassos? 這家畫廊是如何購得這麽多畢加索作品的？ I've suddenly acquired a stepbrother. 我突然有了一個繼兄。
Word Originlate Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, based on Latin acquirere ‘get in addition’, from ad- ‘to’ + quaerere ‘seek’. The English spelling was modified (c.1600) by association with the Latin word.
Idioms
an acquired taste
a thing that you do not like much at first but gradually learn to like 養成的愛好