acquire
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. 獲得[正式]
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m. 通用汽車公司以大約4億美元獲得了薩博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. 習(xí)得
I've never acquired a taste for wine. 我從未養(yǎng)成對葡萄酒的愛好。
3. V-T If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation. 獲得 (名聲)
During her film career, she acquired a reputation as a strong-willed, outspoken woman. 在她的銀幕生涯中,她獲得了一個意志堅定、坦率直言的名聲。
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劍橋詞典
- 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,獲得;購得;學(xué)到
He acquired the firm in 2008. 他於2008年收購了這家公司。
I was wearing a newly /recently acquired jacket . 我穿著一件新買的夾尅衫。
I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book . 這本書我好像買重了。
He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with. 據(jù)說很難跟他共事。
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