acquire
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.
【语法信息】:V n
【语法信息】:V nfrom n
【语法信息】:V-ed
【STYLE标签】: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.
【语法信息】:V n
【语法信息】: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.
【语法信息】: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.
【搭配模式】: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。
