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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You see, I put some soil in the box, sow the seed carefully like this, and then cover it with more soil.
你瞧，我在盒子里放些泥土，像这样小心地把种子播下，然后再用多一点儿的土盖住种子。
Then grow some tomatoes in one box which has plant food in the soil and some in another box which doesn't.
然后，在一个箱子里种一些西红柿，里面的土有养料，而在另一个箱子里也种一些，但里面的土没有养料。
My grammar is improving, but I find idioms and useful expressions hard to learn.
我的语法在进步，但我发现习语和有用表达很难学。