剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - acquire collapse

acquire
[UK]/ə'kwaɪər / [US]/-'kwaɪɚ/
verb [T]
I
* to get something
取得，获得；购得；学到

1. He acquired the firm in 1978.
他于1978年收购了这家公司。

2. I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket.
我穿的夹克衫是新买的。

3. I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book.
这本书我好像重复买了。

4. During this period he acquired a reputation for being a womanizer.
这期间他得了个玩弄女性的名声。

[UK]/ə'kwaɪər / [US]/-'kwaɪɚ/
verb [T]
an acquired taste
* something that you dislike at first, but that you start to like after you have tried it a few times
养成的嗜好

1. Olives are an acquired taste.
橄榄这种东西吃得多就爱吃了。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - acquire collapse

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 n from 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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - acquire collapse

☞ acquire
ac·quire / E5kwaiE(r) / verb [VN] (formal)
1. to gain sth 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。
   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。
2. to obtain sth by buying or being given it
   购得；获得；得到:
   The company has just acquired new premises.
   公司刚购得新办公楼。
   I've suddenly acquired a stepbrother.
   我突然有了一个继兄弟。
 IDIOMS 
▪ an acquired 'taste
   a thing that you do not like much at first but gradually learn to like
   养成的爱好:
   Abstract art is an acquired taste.
   要慢慢培养才会欣赏抽象艺术。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - acquire collapse

acquire verb
Acquire is used with these nouns as the subject: museum
Acquire is used with these nouns as the object: ability, accent, asset, capital, citizenship, collection, company, competence, confidence, connotation, data, dimension, education, expertise, familiarity, firm, flavour, fluency, following, fortune, franchise, habit, HIV, image, immunity, infection, information, knack, know-how, knowledge, kudos, land, lease, literacy, mannerism, mastery, meaning, mutation, name, nationality, nickname, ownership, permit, pitcher, possession, premises, prestige, property, qualification, reputation, resource, right, share, significance, site, skill, stake, status, stock, subsidiary, taste, technique, trait, understanding, veneer, vocabulary, wealth, weapon

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - acquire collapse

acquire verb
⇨ buy (acquire new premises) ⇨ get 1 (acquire a taste for sth) ⇨ learn (acquire new skills)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - acquire collapse

acquire

verb
she acquired a collection of fine art prints | I rapidly acquired the confidence of the leadership
OBTAIN , come by, come to have, get, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, come in for, take possession of, take receipt of, be given; buy, purchase, procure, possess oneself of, secure; gather, collect, pick up, appropriate, amass, build up, hook, net, land; achieve, attain; informal get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, grab, bag, score, swing, nab, collar, cop.
-opposite(s): LOSE ; PART WITH.

词源记忆 - acquire collapse

acquire 获得
ac-, 去，往；-quir, 追求，词源同question, 追问，问题。