1 VERB 获得;购得 If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. 获得;购得 [formal]
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General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m. [VERB noun]
通用汽车公司以大约4亿美元的价格购得了萨博汽车公司50%的股份。
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I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree. [VERB noun + from]
最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
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She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair. [VERB-ed]
她正坐在新买的轮椅上。
SYN get, win, buy, receive
2 VERB 获得(技能);养成(习惯) If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience. 获得(技能);养成(习惯)
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I've never acquired a taste for wine. [VERB noun]
我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
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Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers. [VERB-ed]
读完此书,她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。
SYN learn, pick up, master, grasp
3 VERB 获得,得到(某种名声) If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation. 获得,得到(某种名声)
4 PHRASE 后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣 If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better. 后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣
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