acquire
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. 获得[正式]
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m. 通用汽车公司以大约4亿美元获得了萨博50%的股份。
2. V-T If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience. 习得
I've never acquired a taste for wine. 我从未养成对葡萄酒的爱好。
3. V-T If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation. 获得 (名声)
During her film career, she acquired a reputation as a strong-willed, outspoken woman. 在她的银幕生涯中,她获得了一个意志坚定、坦率直言的名声。
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acquire /əˈkwaɪə/ (acquiring,acquired,acquires)
剑桥词典
- to get something
- As people grow older , their faces acquire more character .
- She acquired the painting at a jumble sale for the princely sum of 25p.
- When she married Giles, she acquired a ready-made family - two teenage sons and a daughter .
- I didn't like red wine before but I acquired a taste for it while I was living in France.
- He acquired a reputation as an entertaining speaker .
取得,获得;购得;学到
He acquired the firm in 2008. 他于2008年收购了这家公司。
I was wearing a newly /recently acquired jacket . 我穿着一件新买的夹克衫。
I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book . 这本书我好像买重了。
He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with. 据说很难跟他共事。
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