acquire
verb🔊/əˈkwaɪə(r)/
🔊/əˈkwaɪər/
(formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they acquire | 🔊/əˈkwaɪə(r)/ 🔊/əˈkwaɪər/ |
| he / she / it acquires | 🔊/əˈkwaɪəz/ 🔊/əˈkwaɪərz/ |
| past simple acquired | 🔊/əˈkwaɪəd/ 🔊/əˈkwaɪərd/ |
| past participle acquired | 🔊/əˈkwaɪəd/ 🔊/əˈkwaɪərd/ |
| -ing form acquiring | 🔊/əˈkwaɪərɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈkwaɪərɪŋ/ |
- acquire something
to gain something by your own efforts, ability or behaviour （通过努力、能力、行为表现）获得，得到 She has acquired a good knowledge of English. 她英语已经学得很好。 🔊🔊 How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills? 获得必要技能需要多长时间？ I would love to apply the newly acquired skills to a job that I enjoy. 我很乐意将新获得的技能应用到自己喜欢的工作中。 He has acquired a reputation for dishonesty. 他得到了奸诈的名声。 🔊🔊 I have recently acquired a taste for olives. 我最近开始喜欢吃橄榄了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesWhen you have acquired a basic range of computing skills, you will be ready to start the job. 当您掌握了基本的计算技能后，就可以开始工作了。 to acquire a love of something 获得对某事的热爱 to acquire a bad name/criminal record/tan/look/appearance 取得不良名字/犯罪记录/棕褐色/外观/外观
- acquire something
to obtain something by buying or being given it 购得；获得；得到 Not all of the land acquired for the road has been paid for yet. 尚未全部偿还用于道路的土地。 Austria has pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons. 奥地利保证不购买核武器。 Property acquired through crime will be confiscated. 通过犯罪获得的财产将被没收。 The company has just acquired new premises. 公司刚购得新办公楼。 🔊🔊 How did the gallery come to acquire so many Picassos? 这家画廊是如何购得这么多毕加索作品的？ I've suddenly acquired a stepbrother. 我突然有了一个继兄。 🔊🔊
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 养成的爱好