Acquire
[ ə'kwaɪr ]
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vt. 获得，取得;学到;
💡 词根助记
ac 加强 + quir 寻求，询问 + e → vt.取得；获得；学到
📝 例句
The museum has just acquired a famous painting by Pablo Picasso.
该美术馆刚刚获得一幅毕加索的名画。
Gradually we acquired experience in how to do the work.
我们逐步获得了做这工作的经验。
Within a nucleus, it can acquire an infinite lifetime.
在原子核内，中子可以获得无限长的寿命。
Railroads were not allowed to acquire competing lines.
不许铁路公司获得竞争路线。
I hadn't then begun to acquire a middle-aged spread.
那年月我还不象一般中年人那样开始发福。
🌱 联想助记
【串】记着四处inquire(打听),终把消息acquire(获得),飞机机身entire(整个的),其实都是tire(疲劳),已经决定retire(退休),至少大修require(需要)
【记】※ ac-AC米兰,quire-谐音“快了”: AC米兰获得冠军就快了
※ ac-拼音“爱吃”,quire-quite相当:爱吃的人能够获得相当多的食物
※ ac-AC米兰,qu-拼音“去”,I-我,re-谐音“阿姨”:看AC米兰球赛的票去我阿姨处可获取,取得
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-quest-表示“询问”
常见变体有-quis-、-quir-
📖 牛津释义
acquire
v
1 [Tn]
(a) gain (sth) by one's own ability, efforts or behaviour （靠自己的能力, 努力或行为而）获得, 得到（某事物）
acquire a good knowledge of English, an antique painting, a taste for brandy, a reputation for dishonesty 学好英语, 得到一幅古画, 学会喝白兰地酒, 得到不诚实的名声.
(b) obtain (sth); be given (sth) 取得（某事物）; 收到（某事物）
My sister couldn't take her desk with her to the new house
that's how I came to acquire it. 我妹妹无法把她的书桌搬入新居, 我就是这样才得到它的.
We've just acquired a dog. 我们刚得到一支狗.
2 (idm 习语) an acquired `taste thing that one learns to like gradually 逐渐培养的爱好
Abstract art is an acquired taste. 抽象派艺术要慢慢才会欣赏.
🎯 考研助记
ac(AC)+quire(快了，谐音):AC米兰 获得冠军就快了 ac(=to)+quire(要、拿):反复去要- 获得 网友：yqy 补充：ac加强动作+quire寻求得到→获取。比较require 网友：yqy 补充：【同】get, gain, obtain,acquire 【辨析】get的概括性最强，包括了这里讨论的每一种情况; obtain用于正式文体强调挑选某物; gain指在寻求过程中付出了代价，也可指武力夺取; 如No pain, no gain. acquire是一种逐渐习得的过程，这过程持续而缓慢。 如the acquisition of the English ability
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'kwaiә]vt. 获得, 学到【电】 目标锁定
🏥 医学释义
获得，取得，达到
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Of course.
当然可以。
No, I haven't. I read about it in the newspaper. It's also about the man who wanted to end slavery -- Abraham Lincoln.
不，还没有。我在报纸上读过有关的情况。它还讲述了那个想结束奴隶制度的人，即亚伯拉罕·林肯的情况。
I'd like to do some shopping, but not during the day.
我愿意买些东西，但不必白天去。