acquire
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they acquire | |
| he / she / it acquires | |
| past simple acquired | |
| past participle acquired | |
| -ing form acquiring |
- 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? 获得必要的技能需要多长时间？ I would love to apply the newly acquired skills to a job that I enjoy. 我想把新获得的技能应用到我喜欢的工作中。 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. 当你掌握了一系列基本的计算技能后，你就可以开始工作了。 to acquire a love of something 获得对某事物的热爱 to acquire a bad name/criminal record/tan/look/appearance 获得坏名声/犯罪记录/肤色/长相/外貌
- 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. 为修路而获得的土地还没有全部付清。 Austria has pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons. 奥地利承诺不获取核武器。 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