Definition of acquire in English:

acquire

verb əˈkwʌɪəəˈkwaɪ(ə)r

[with object]

1Buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself.
（为自己）买到，获得（资产，物品）
I managed to acquire all the books I needed
Example sentencesExamples
- The government spends the money, and the person who put up the capital acquires a financial asset.
- The Agency claims the assets were acquired as a result of unlawful conduct related to drug trafficking.
- By the end of his life he had acquired substantial property in Lynn.
- Indian companies have been acquiring assets of foreign telecom companies that had been in distress.
- Young men going out to work were having to stay longer if they were to acquire rural assets.
- On occasion, I also deal directly with the licensor to acquire art assets for use in the guide.
- The college outgrew its quarters downtown and the Brothers acquired property in the Bronx.
- They acquired assets to grow their market share and effectively overpaid for those acquisitions.
- For him, the opportunity for blacks to earn a living and acquire property was more important than the right to vote.
- If the criminals could not prove the assets were acquired legally they would be forfeited.
- They are paid in order to acquire assets whose use is a source of profits over and above the payments which must be made.
- John went on to acquire properties and land in and around the village for future preservation.
- Well, whether or not he has assets or may acquire assets in the future is a question.
- In some cases, you are acquiring an asset that you haven't inspected, except from the curb.
- A third category is made up of foreigners who acquire properties purely as investments.
- The company has neither improved its financial indicators, nor acquired new assets.
- I have also been lucky enough to be able to acquire some investment property.
- On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price.
- Investor consortia usually acquire properties that have already been constructed and let.
- Instead, tax will become payable automatically 30 days after the date that the purchaser acquires the property or land.
Synonyms
obtain, come by, come to have, get, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, come in for, take possession of, take receipt of, be given
buy, purchase, procure, possess oneself of, secure
gather, collect, pick up, appropriate, amass, build up, hook, net, land
achieve, attain
informal get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, grab, bag, score, swing, nab, collar, cop
2Learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality)
学到，习得，培养（技能，习惯，品质）
I've acquired a taste for whisky
我养成了喝威士忌酒的爱好。
Example sentencesExamples
- When children go to camp, they learn to be more independent and acquire social skills.
- They want to learn more, know more and acquire skills like any other individual in society.
- Mr Brunet says the future's looking bright too, with youngsters acquiring important skills early on, equipping them well for the future.
- It becomes interesting and exciting only when we acquire some new skills physical or intellectual.
- Certainly, if I were an airline employee, I'd be looking into acquiring some new skills.
- If a person acquires the skills to handle only one job, he or she is less likely to be a survivor in the years to come,’ she argues.
- For junior officers to become good officers, they must acquire the necessary virtues.
- It provides an opportunity for people to acquire skills and confidence in devising their own responses to distress.
- Just because a person eats cheese, they don't acquire the habits of a mouse for example.
- It takes chimps up to four years to acquire the necessary skills to select and adequately use the tools to crack a nut.
- Most teachers recognise that pupils vary in the speed and manner in which they grasp new ideas and acquire skills.
- You need to understand and acquire leadership skills, regardless of whom you are leading.
- They will have acquired the skills for conducting research, and often some research experience.
- I'm not proposing that hopeful writers rush out to acquire a habit, you understand.
- He thought he was acquiring the skills for dishonest practice on the streets of his native Australia.
- They acquired computer skills at a local training institute and received a certificate as well.
- Too few people are acquiring educational skills needed by employers.
- Specifically military skills were acquired by actual practice and performance under supervision.
- The answer is to acquire skills and a deeper understanding of global communications.
- The overall objective of the primer is so that a person with a visual handicap can acquire a skill to read on his own and even sign his name.
Synonyms
learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, pick up, grasp, understand
1. 2.1 Come to have (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behaviour or activities.
  （由于某人的行为或活动而）获得（某种名声）
  he acquired a reputation for scrupulous honesty
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once a region acquires a bad reputation it takes a generation to change it.
  More recently, and largely as a result of English tutelage, it had acquired some reputation as a maritime power.
  Getting its name on the front of a record was the way symphony orchestras acquired reputation over the past century.
  Kenneth had acquired a good reputation in the area, and was asked to take on the role, to which he agreed.
  The country is acquiring a reputation, partly deserved, for being obsessed with its own decline but unable to do much about it.
  He claimed the city was in danger of acquiring a reputation for public order problems.
  Along the way she has acquired a reputation for becoming intensely, even dangerously, involved in her parts.
  The Illegal Eagles have progressed from playing the small local club circuit to acquiring a reputation for themselves at major concert venues.
  Since the band's cultural rehabilitation, however, hasn't it acquired a certain cachet?
  They are rapidly acquiring a reputation for producing accessible and uniquely powerful theatre.
  By the 1960s he had acquired another reputation, that of guerrilla leader.
  So it's no surprise the team leads the majors in hit batsmen and is acquiring a reputation.
  That's an unfair characterisation though it's easy to see how Copland acquired such a reputation.
  For the artistic bad boys of the 20th century, acquiring a reputation as a pornographer was a rebellion too far.
  They were paid little by the state and acquired a reputation for charging extortionate fees and for drunkenness.
  The response was overwhelming and the club acquired a reputation for a lively, hedonistic atmosphere.
  In Medieval Europe, wolves acquired a pungent reputation for trickery and ferocity.
  The dish acquired a reputation for difficulty and proneness to accidents which it does not really deserve.
  They did their work well and acquired the fearsome reputation of brutality and violence.
  The centre soon acquired a reputation for the way in which it cared for children with learning disabilities.

Phrases

an acquired taste

A thing that one comes to like over time.
（后天养成的）嗜好
pumpkin pie is an acquired taste
喜欢吃南瓜馅饼是后天养成的嗜好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Although his singing is definitely an acquired taste, the songs are deep in the American vein and generally good.
- Like the other books reviewed here, it's an acquired taste.
- Goats' milk is an acquired taste and we never did quite take to it.
- She said: ‘Aged champagne is an acquired taste and often loses its fizz, and this had lost most of its fizz.’
- The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest.
- Either you like it or you don't, and the condiments - pickled ginger and spicy horseradish - are also an acquired taste.
- Strauss's music may be an acquired taste, according to some, but I don't remember a time when I knew it and didn't like it.
- Their comedy is very much an acquired taste - think Goons, think Python, think sillier - but the fact they are allowed access to Tellyland at all should be welcomed by everyone.
- Thomas Mann, the great German novelist, is an acquired taste.
- The food is quite good - Mexican, barbecue, chili, shrimp and chicken-fried steak, an acquired taste.
- Like gin, oysters and goats' cheese, Jimi Hendrix is an acquired taste for the more mature, developed palate - and well worth the effort.
- ‘Raw fish - it's an acquired taste,’ said Stokes, a former SAS soldier and survival expert.
- While I have never tried authentic bird's nest soup, apparently it is an acquired taste - many westerners think it tastes quite rubbery the first time they try it.
- Granted, this kind of musical satire is an acquired taste, but his adaptation is little more than an excuse for clever rhymes and in-jokes.
- The flavor combination is something of an acquired taste, which I, unfortunately, had yet to acquire.
- His music is an acquired taste and I don't think I am going to acquire it any time soon.
- Green tea is made to be appreciated ‘au nature’ (adding milk is a criminal offence) and it has a subtle flavour, at first slightly elusive - definitely an acquired taste.
- Somewhat of an acquired taste, his screaming vocals transmit a message of fury, desperation and anger, though perhaps the actual content is hard to pick up.
- Now my friend protests that the lyrics are deep and that the sound is an acquired taste, but with so much else out there to listen to, why bother?
- Their ‘weird concoction of styles,’ as their vocalist/guitarist would say, is indeed an acquired taste, but it certainly never stopped the fans from coming.

Derivatives

acquirable

adjective əˈkwʌɪərəb(ə)ləˈkwaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l

That's my main motive in this thread, to make people realise ‘talent’ is acquirable - it's under your control.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, not all open source materials are acquirable through subscription.
- It's simply that these are the obvious, overt qualities or things that are, some think, acquirable.
- ‘Consumers may find digital TVs a little bit more acquirable after retail prices drop in line with the tax cut,’ Lee said.
- Expert knowledge is an acquirable resource.

acquiree

noun əˌkwʌɪəˈriːəˌkwaɪ(ə)ˈri

Finance

A company that is the subject of a corporate acquisition or merger.
the management of the potential acquiree isn't keen on selling
Example sentencesExamples
- To control two of those variables, the bank moves all acquirees to Washington Mutual's technology and processes.
- The merged institutions don't even approach the sum of the former market presence of the individual acquirees.
- Most mergers and acquisitions are about cost-cutting, and many are a sign of the failure of the acquirer to develop products and services that can compete with those of the acquiree.

acquirer

noun əˈkwʌɪrəəˈkwaɪ(ə)rər

Rising activity has split the sector into two camps: potential acquirers and likely takeover candidates.
Example sentencesExamples
- At its annual meeting last week, it confirmed it was conducting due diligence with a small number of potential acquirers, but would not be drawn on details.
- Hedge funds are viewed as the most likely acquirers, seeking a stake of over 3% in the company.
- These state that acquirers of more than 1% or more of a target company have to be disclosed by midday the day after purchase.
- Preliminary discussions are underway with potential acquirers for all or parts of these activities.

Origin

Late Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, based on Latin acquirere 'get in addition', from ad- 'to' + quaerere 'seek'. The English spelling was modified (circa1600) by association with the Latin word.

This is from Latin acquirere ‘get in addition’ from ad- ‘to’ and quaerere ‘seek’. The late Middle English spelling was acquere, the change is an example of the many words which developed new spellings around 1600 to make them look more like their Latin originals, evidence of early, if misplaced, interest in word histories.

Rhymes

admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of acquire in US English:

acquire

verbəˈkwaɪ(ə)rəˈkwī(ə)r

[with object]

1Buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself.
（为自己）买到，获得（资产，物品）
Example sentencesExamples
- The company has neither improved its financial indicators, nor acquired new assets.
- By the end of his life he had acquired substantial property in Lynn.
- John went on to acquire properties and land in and around the village for future preservation.
- The college outgrew its quarters downtown and the Brothers acquired property in the Bronx.
- If the criminals could not prove the assets were acquired legally they would be forfeited.
- Investor consortia usually acquire properties that have already been constructed and let.
- They are paid in order to acquire assets whose use is a source of profits over and above the payments which must be made.
- For him, the opportunity for blacks to earn a living and acquire property was more important than the right to vote.
- The government spends the money, and the person who put up the capital acquires a financial asset.
- Young men going out to work were having to stay longer if they were to acquire rural assets.
- A third category is made up of foreigners who acquire properties purely as investments.
- I have also been lucky enough to be able to acquire some investment property.
- The Agency claims the assets were acquired as a result of unlawful conduct related to drug trafficking.
- In some cases, you are acquiring an asset that you haven't inspected, except from the curb.
- They acquired assets to grow their market share and effectively overpaid for those acquisitions.
- Instead, tax will become payable automatically 30 days after the date that the purchaser acquires the property or land.
- Indian companies have been acquiring assets of foreign telecom companies that had been in distress.
- On occasion, I also deal directly with the licensor to acquire art assets for use in the guide.
- On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price.
- Well, whether or not he has assets or may acquire assets in the future is a question.
Synonyms
obtain, come by, come to have, get, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, come in for, take possession of, take receipt of, be given
1. 1.1 Learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality)
  学到，习得，培养（技能，习惯，品质）
  you must acquire the rudiments of Greek
  你必须掌握希腊语的入门知识。
  I've never acquired a taste for whiskey
  我养成了喝威士忌酒的爱好。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He thought he was acquiring the skills for dishonest practice on the streets of his native Australia.
  It takes chimps up to four years to acquire the necessary skills to select and adequately use the tools to crack a nut.
  It becomes interesting and exciting only when we acquire some new skills physical or intellectual.
  For junior officers to become good officers, they must acquire the necessary virtues.
  If a person acquires the skills to handle only one job, he or she is less likely to be a survivor in the years to come,’ she argues.
  The answer is to acquire skills and a deeper understanding of global communications.
  You need to understand and acquire leadership skills, regardless of whom you are leading.
  Just because a person eats cheese, they don't acquire the habits of a mouse for example.
  Certainly, if I were an airline employee, I'd be looking into acquiring some new skills.
  The overall objective of the primer is so that a person with a visual handicap can acquire a skill to read on his own and even sign his name.
  They want to learn more, know more and acquire skills like any other individual in society.
  It provides an opportunity for people to acquire skills and confidence in devising their own responses to distress.
  Mr Brunet says the future's looking bright too, with youngsters acquiring important skills early on, equipping them well for the future.
  Too few people are acquiring educational skills needed by employers.
  Most teachers recognise that pupils vary in the speed and manner in which they grasp new ideas and acquire skills.
  They acquired computer skills at a local training institute and received a certificate as well.
  When children go to camp, they learn to be more independent and acquire social skills.
  They will have acquired the skills for conducting research, and often some research experience.
  Specifically military skills were acquired by actual practice and performance under supervision.
  I'm not proposing that hopeful writers rush out to acquire a habit, you understand.
  Synonyms
  learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, pick up, grasp, understand
2. 1.2 Achieve (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behavior or activities.
  （由于某人的行为或活动而）获得（某种名声）
  Example sentencesExamples
  They did their work well and acquired the fearsome reputation of brutality and violence.
  The response was overwhelming and the club acquired a reputation for a lively, hedonistic atmosphere.
  They were paid little by the state and acquired a reputation for charging extortionate fees and for drunkenness.
  He claimed the city was in danger of acquiring a reputation for public order problems.
  By the 1960s he had acquired another reputation, that of guerrilla leader.
  So it's no surprise the team leads the majors in hit batsmen and is acquiring a reputation.
  The Illegal Eagles have progressed from playing the small local club circuit to acquiring a reputation for themselves at major concert venues.
  For the artistic bad boys of the 20th century, acquiring a reputation as a pornographer was a rebellion too far.
  They are rapidly acquiring a reputation for producing accessible and uniquely powerful theatre.
  The dish acquired a reputation for difficulty and proneness to accidents which it does not really deserve.
  The country is acquiring a reputation, partly deserved, for being obsessed with its own decline but unable to do much about it.
  Along the way she has acquired a reputation for becoming intensely, even dangerously, involved in her parts.
  In Medieval Europe, wolves acquired a pungent reputation for trickery and ferocity.
  Once a region acquires a bad reputation it takes a generation to change it.
  Since the band's cultural rehabilitation, however, hasn't it acquired a certain cachet?
  That's an unfair characterisation though it's easy to see how Copland acquired such a reputation.
  The centre soon acquired a reputation for the way in which it cared for children with learning disabilities.
  Kenneth had acquired a good reputation in the area, and was asked to take on the role, to which he agreed.
  More recently, and largely as a result of English tutelage, it had acquired some reputation as a maritime power.
  Getting its name on the front of a record was the way symphony orchestras acquired reputation over the past century.

Phrases

an acquired taste

A thing that one comes to like over time.
（后天养成的）嗜好
pumpkin pie is an acquired taste
喜欢吃南瓜馅饼是后天养成的嗜好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Granted, this kind of musical satire is an acquired taste, but his adaptation is little more than an excuse for clever rhymes and in-jokes.
- The flavor combination is something of an acquired taste, which I, unfortunately, had yet to acquire.
- The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest.
- The food is quite good - Mexican, barbecue, chili, shrimp and chicken-fried steak, an acquired taste.
- Thomas Mann, the great German novelist, is an acquired taste.
- Their comedy is very much an acquired taste - think Goons, think Python, think sillier - but the fact they are allowed access to Tellyland at all should be welcomed by everyone.
- Either you like it or you don't, and the condiments - pickled ginger and spicy horseradish - are also an acquired taste.
- Somewhat of an acquired taste, his screaming vocals transmit a message of fury, desperation and anger, though perhaps the actual content is hard to pick up.
- Their ‘weird concoction of styles,’ as their vocalist/guitarist would say, is indeed an acquired taste, but it certainly never stopped the fans from coming.
- She said: ‘Aged champagne is an acquired taste and often loses its fizz, and this had lost most of its fizz.’
- ‘Raw fish - it's an acquired taste,’ said Stokes, a former SAS soldier and survival expert.
- Goats' milk is an acquired taste and we never did quite take to it.
- While I have never tried authentic bird's nest soup, apparently it is an acquired taste - many westerners think it tastes quite rubbery the first time they try it.
- His music is an acquired taste and I don't think I am going to acquire it any time soon.
- Green tea is made to be appreciated ‘au nature’ (adding milk is a criminal offence) and it has a subtle flavour, at first slightly elusive - definitely an acquired taste.
- Like gin, oysters and goats' cheese, Jimi Hendrix is an acquired taste for the more mature, developed palate - and well worth the effort.
- Like the other books reviewed here, it's an acquired taste.
- Although his singing is definitely an acquired taste, the songs are deep in the American vein and generally good.
- Strauss's music may be an acquired taste, according to some, but I don't remember a time when I knew it and didn't like it.
- Now my friend protests that the lyrics are deep and that the sound is an acquired taste, but with so much else out there to listen to, why bother?

Origin

Late 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.

单词	acquire
释义	Definition of acquire in English: acquire verb əˈkwʌɪəəˈkwaɪ(ə)r [with object] 1Buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself. （为自己）买到，获得（资产，物品） I managed to acquire all the books I needed Example sentencesExamples The government spends the money, and the person who put up the capital acquires a financial asset. The Agency claims the assets were acquired as a result of unlawful conduct related to drug trafficking. By the end of his life he had acquired substantial property in Lynn. Indian companies have been acquiring assets of foreign telecom companies that had been in distress. Young men going out to work were having to stay longer if they were to acquire rural assets. On occasion, I also deal directly with the licensor to acquire art assets for use in the guide. The college outgrew its quarters downtown and the Brothers acquired property in the Bronx. They acquired assets to grow their market share and effectively overpaid for those acquisitions. For him, the opportunity for blacks to earn a living and acquire property was more important than the right to vote. If the criminals could not prove the assets were acquired legally they would be forfeited. They are paid in order to acquire assets whose use is a source of profits over and above the payments which must be made. John went on to acquire properties and land in and around the village for future preservation. Well, whether or not he has assets or may acquire assets in the future is a question. In some cases, you are acquiring an asset that you haven't inspected, except from the curb. A third category is made up of foreigners who acquire properties purely as investments. The company has neither improved its financial indicators, nor acquired new assets. I have also been lucky enough to be able to acquire some investment property. On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price. Investor consortia usually acquire properties that have already been constructed and let. Instead, tax will become payable automatically 30 days after the date that the purchaser acquires the property or land. Synonyms obtain, come by, come to have, get, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, come in for, take possession of, take receipt of, be given buy, purchase, procure, possess oneself of, secure gather, collect, pick up, appropriate, amass, build up, hook, net, land achieve, attain informal get one's hands on, get one's mitts on, get hold of, grab, bag, score, swing, nab, collar, cop 2Learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality) 学到，习得，培养（技能，习惯，品质） I've acquired a taste for whisky 我养成了喝威士忌酒的爱好。 Example sentencesExamples When children go to camp, they learn to be more independent and acquire social skills. They want to learn more, know more and acquire skills like any other individual in society. Mr Brunet says the future's looking bright too, with youngsters acquiring important skills early on, equipping them well for the future. It becomes interesting and exciting only when we acquire some new skills physical or intellectual. Certainly, if I were an airline employee, I'd be looking into acquiring some new skills. If a person acquires the skills to handle only one job, he or she is less likely to be a survivor in the years to come,’ she argues. For junior officers to become good officers, they must acquire the necessary virtues. It provides an opportunity for people to acquire skills and confidence in devising their own responses to distress. Just because a person eats cheese, they don't acquire the habits of a mouse for example. It takes chimps up to four years to acquire the necessary skills to select and adequately use the tools to crack a nut. Most teachers recognise that pupils vary in the speed and manner in which they grasp new ideas and acquire skills. You need to understand and acquire leadership skills, regardless of whom you are leading. They will have acquired the skills for conducting research, and often some research experience. I'm not proposing that hopeful writers rush out to acquire a habit, you understand. He thought he was acquiring the skills for dishonest practice on the streets of his native Australia. They acquired computer skills at a local training institute and received a certificate as well. Too few people are acquiring educational skills needed by employers. Specifically military skills were acquired by actual practice and performance under supervision. The answer is to acquire skills and a deeper understanding of global communications. The overall objective of the primer is so that a person with a visual handicap can acquire a skill to read on his own and even sign his name. Synonyms learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, pick up, grasp, understand 2.1 Come to have (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behaviour or activities. （由于某人的行为或活动而）获得（某种名声） he acquired a reputation for scrupulous honesty Example sentencesExamples Once a region acquires a bad reputation it takes a generation to change it. More recently, and largely as a result of English tutelage, it had acquired some reputation as a maritime power. Getting its name on the front of a record was the way symphony orchestras acquired reputation over the past century. Kenneth had acquired a good reputation in the area, and was asked to take on the role, to which he agreed. The country is acquiring a reputation, partly deserved, for being obsessed with its own decline but unable to do much about it. He claimed the city was in danger of acquiring a reputation for public order problems. Along the way she has acquired a reputation for becoming intensely, even dangerously, involved in her parts. The Illegal Eagles have progressed from playing the small local club circuit to acquiring a reputation for themselves at major concert venues. Since the band's cultural rehabilitation, however, hasn't it acquired a certain cachet? They are rapidly acquiring a reputation for producing accessible and uniquely powerful theatre. By the 1960s he had acquired another reputation, that of guerrilla leader. So it's no surprise the team leads the majors in hit batsmen and is acquiring a reputation. That's an unfair characterisation though it's easy to see how Copland acquired such a reputation. For the artistic bad boys of the 20th century, acquiring a reputation as a pornographer was a rebellion too far. They were paid little by the state and acquired a reputation for charging extortionate fees and for drunkenness. The response was overwhelming and the club acquired a reputation for a lively, hedonistic atmosphere. In Medieval Europe, wolves acquired a pungent reputation for trickery and ferocity. The dish acquired a reputation for difficulty and proneness to accidents which it does not really deserve. They did their work well and acquired the fearsome reputation of brutality and violence. The centre soon acquired a reputation for the way in which it cared for children with learning disabilities. Phrases an acquired taste A thing that one comes to like over time. （后天养成的）嗜好 pumpkin pie is an acquired taste 喜欢吃南瓜馅饼是后天养成的嗜好。 Example sentencesExamples Although his singing is definitely an acquired taste, the songs are deep in the American vein and generally good. Like the other books reviewed here, it's an acquired taste. Goats' milk is an acquired taste and we never did quite take to it. She said: ‘Aged champagne is an acquired taste and often loses its fizz, and this had lost most of its fizz.’ The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest. Either you like it or you don't, and the condiments - pickled ginger and spicy horseradish - are also an acquired taste. Strauss's music may be an acquired taste, according to some, but I don't remember a time when I knew it and didn't like it. Their comedy is very much an acquired taste - think Goons, think Python, think sillier - but the fact they are allowed access to Tellyland at all should be welcomed by everyone. Thomas Mann, the great German novelist, is an acquired taste. The food is quite good - Mexican, barbecue, chili, shrimp and chicken-fried steak, an acquired taste. Like gin, oysters and goats' cheese, Jimi Hendrix is an acquired taste for the more mature, developed palate - and well worth the effort. ‘Raw fish - it's an acquired taste,’ said Stokes, a former SAS soldier and survival expert. While I have never tried authentic bird's nest soup, apparently it is an acquired taste - many westerners think it tastes quite rubbery the first time they try it. Granted, this kind of musical satire is an acquired taste, but his adaptation is little more than an excuse for clever rhymes and in-jokes. The flavor combination is something of an acquired taste, which I, unfortunately, had yet to acquire. His music is an acquired taste and I don't think I am going to acquire it any time soon. Green tea is made to be appreciated ‘au nature’ (adding milk is a criminal offence) and it has a subtle flavour, at first slightly elusive - definitely an acquired taste. Somewhat of an acquired taste, his screaming vocals transmit a message of fury, desperation and anger, though perhaps the actual content is hard to pick up. Now my friend protests that the lyrics are deep and that the sound is an acquired taste, but with so much else out there to listen to, why bother? Their ‘weird concoction of styles,’ as their vocalist/guitarist would say, is indeed an acquired taste, but it certainly never stopped the fans from coming. Derivatives acquirable adjective əˈkwʌɪərəb(ə)ləˈkwaɪ(ə)rəb(ə)l That's my main motive in this thread, to make people realise ‘talent’ is acquirable - it's under your control. Example sentencesExamples However, not all open source materials are acquirable through subscription. It's simply that these are the obvious, overt qualities or things that are, some think, acquirable. ‘Consumers may find digital TVs a little bit more acquirable after retail prices drop in line with the tax cut,’ Lee said. Expert knowledge is an acquirable resource. acquiree noun əˌkwʌɪəˈriːəˌkwaɪ(ə)ˈri Finance A company that is the subject of a corporate acquisition or merger. the management of the potential acquiree isn't keen on selling Example sentencesExamples To control two of those variables, the bank moves all acquirees to Washington Mutual's technology and processes. The merged institutions don't even approach the sum of the former market presence of the individual acquirees. Most mergers and acquisitions are about cost-cutting, and many are a sign of the failure of the acquirer to develop products and services that can compete with those of the acquiree. acquirer noun əˈkwʌɪrəəˈkwaɪ(ə)rər Rising activity has split the sector into two camps: potential acquirers and likely takeover candidates. Example sentencesExamples At its annual meeting last week, it confirmed it was conducting due diligence with a small number of potential acquirers, but would not be drawn on details. Hedge funds are viewed as the most likely acquirers, seeking a stake of over 3% in the company. These state that acquirers of more than 1% or more of a target company have to be disclosed by midday the day after purchase. Preliminary discussions are underway with potential acquirers for all or parts of these activities. Origin Late Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, based on Latin acquirere 'get in addition', from ad- 'to' + quaerere 'seek'. The English spelling was modified (circa1600) by association with the Latin word. This is from Latin acquirere ‘get in addition’ from ad- ‘to’ and quaerere ‘seek’. The late Middle English spelling was acquere, the change is an example of the many words which developed new spellings around 1600 to make them look more like their Latin originals, evidence of early, if misplaced, interest in word histories. Rhymes admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah verb.1 phr. Definition of acquire in US English: acquire verbəˈkwaɪ(ə)rəˈkwī(ə)r [with object] 1Buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself. （为自己）买到，获得（资产，物品） Example sentencesExamples The company has neither improved its financial indicators, nor acquired new assets. By the end of his life he had acquired substantial property in Lynn. John went on to acquire properties and land in and around the village for future preservation. The college outgrew its quarters downtown and the Brothers acquired property in the Bronx. If the criminals could not prove the assets were acquired legally they would be forfeited. Investor consortia usually acquire properties that have already been constructed and let. They are paid in order to acquire assets whose use is a source of profits over and above the payments which must be made. For him, the opportunity for blacks to earn a living and acquire property was more important than the right to vote. The government spends the money, and the person who put up the capital acquires a financial asset. Young men going out to work were having to stay longer if they were to acquire rural assets. A third category is made up of foreigners who acquire properties purely as investments. I have also been lucky enough to be able to acquire some investment property. The Agency claims the assets were acquired as a result of unlawful conduct related to drug trafficking. In some cases, you are acquiring an asset that you haven't inspected, except from the curb. They acquired assets to grow their market share and effectively overpaid for those acquisitions. Instead, tax will become payable automatically 30 days after the date that the purchaser acquires the property or land. Indian companies have been acquiring assets of foreign telecom companies that had been in distress. On occasion, I also deal directly with the licensor to acquire art assets for use in the guide. On the other side sit large investors who acquire supplier assets at an attractive price. Well, whether or not he has assets or may acquire assets in the future is a question. Synonyms obtain, come by, come to have, get, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, come in for, take possession of, take receipt of, be given 1.1 Learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality) 学到，习得，培养（技能，习惯，品质） you must acquire the rudiments of Greek 你必须掌握希腊语的入门知识。 I've never acquired a taste for whiskey 我养成了喝威士忌酒的爱好。 Example sentencesExamples He thought he was acquiring the skills for dishonest practice on the streets of his native Australia. It takes chimps up to four years to acquire the necessary skills to select and adequately use the tools to crack a nut. It becomes interesting and exciting only when we acquire some new skills physical or intellectual. For junior officers to become good officers, they must acquire the necessary virtues. If a person acquires the skills to handle only one job, he or she is less likely to be a survivor in the years to come,’ she argues. The answer is to acquire skills and a deeper understanding of global communications. You need to understand and acquire leadership skills, regardless of whom you are leading. Just because a person eats cheese, they don't acquire the habits of a mouse for example. Certainly, if I were an airline employee, I'd be looking into acquiring some new skills. The overall objective of the primer is so that a person with a visual handicap can acquire a skill to read on his own and even sign his name. They want to learn more, know more and acquire skills like any other individual in society. It provides an opportunity for people to acquire skills and confidence in devising their own responses to distress. Mr Brunet says the future's looking bright too, with youngsters acquiring important skills early on, equipping them well for the future. Too few people are acquiring educational skills needed by employers. Most teachers recognise that pupils vary in the speed and manner in which they grasp new ideas and acquire skills. They acquired computer skills at a local training institute and received a certificate as well. When children go to camp, they learn to be more independent and acquire social skills. They will have acquired the skills for conducting research, and often some research experience. Specifically military skills were acquired by actual practice and performance under supervision. I'm not proposing that hopeful writers rush out to acquire a habit, you understand. Synonyms learn, learn thoroughly, become proficient in, know inside out, know backwards, become expert in, pick up, grasp, understand 1.2 Achieve (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behavior or activities. （由于某人的行为或活动而）获得（某种名声） Example sentencesExamples They did their work well and acquired the fearsome reputation of brutality and violence. The response was overwhelming and the club acquired a reputation for a lively, hedonistic atmosphere. They were paid little by the state and acquired a reputation for charging extortionate fees and for drunkenness. He claimed the city was in danger of acquiring a reputation for public order problems. By the 1960s he had acquired another reputation, that of guerrilla leader. So it's no surprise the team leads the majors in hit batsmen and is acquiring a reputation. The Illegal Eagles have progressed from playing the small local club circuit to acquiring a reputation for themselves at major concert venues. For the artistic bad boys of the 20th century, acquiring a reputation as a pornographer was a rebellion too far. They are rapidly acquiring a reputation for producing accessible and uniquely powerful theatre. The dish acquired a reputation for difficulty and proneness to accidents which it does not really deserve. The country is acquiring a reputation, partly deserved, for being obsessed with its own decline but unable to do much about it. Along the way she has acquired a reputation for becoming intensely, even dangerously, involved in her parts. In Medieval Europe, wolves acquired a pungent reputation for trickery and ferocity. Once a region acquires a bad reputation it takes a generation to change it. Since the band's cultural rehabilitation, however, hasn't it acquired a certain cachet? That's an unfair characterisation though it's easy to see how Copland acquired such a reputation. The centre soon acquired a reputation for the way in which it cared for children with learning disabilities. Kenneth had acquired a good reputation in the area, and was asked to take on the role, to which he agreed. More recently, and largely as a result of English tutelage, it had acquired some reputation as a maritime power. Getting its name on the front of a record was the way symphony orchestras acquired reputation over the past century. Phrases an acquired taste A thing that one comes to like over time. （后天养成的）嗜好 pumpkin pie is an acquired taste 喜欢吃南瓜馅饼是后天养成的嗜好。 Example sentencesExamples Granted, this kind of musical satire is an acquired taste, but his adaptation is little more than an excuse for clever rhymes and in-jokes. The flavor combination is something of an acquired taste, which I, unfortunately, had yet to acquire. The book is an acquired taste, but on stage it revealed itself as an entertaining character comedy thanks to a set of brilliant performances led by Ward as a catty matriarch driven by self-interest. The food is quite good - Mexican, barbecue, chili, shrimp and chicken-fried steak, an acquired taste. Thomas Mann, the great German novelist, is an acquired taste. Their comedy is very much an acquired taste - think Goons, think Python, think sillier - but the fact they are allowed access to Tellyland at all should be welcomed by everyone. Either you like it or you don't, and the condiments - pickled ginger and spicy horseradish - are also an acquired taste. Somewhat of an acquired taste, his screaming vocals transmit a message of fury, desperation and anger, though perhaps the actual content is hard to pick up. Their ‘weird concoction of styles,’ as their vocalist/guitarist would say, is indeed an acquired taste, but it certainly never stopped the fans from coming. She said: ‘Aged champagne is an acquired taste and often loses its fizz, and this had lost most of its fizz.’ ‘Raw fish - it's an acquired taste,’ said Stokes, a former SAS soldier and survival expert. Goats' milk is an acquired taste and we never did quite take to it. While I have never tried authentic bird's nest soup, apparently it is an acquired taste - many westerners think it tastes quite rubbery the first time they try it. His music is an acquired taste and I don't think I am going to acquire it any time soon. Green tea is made to be appreciated ‘au nature’ (adding milk is a criminal offence) and it has a subtle flavour, at first slightly elusive - definitely an acquired taste. Like gin, oysters and goats' cheese, Jimi Hendrix is an acquired taste for the more mature, developed palate - and well worth the effort. Like the other books reviewed here, it's an acquired taste. Although his singing is definitely an acquired taste, the songs are deep in the American vein and generally good. Strauss's music may be an acquired taste, according to some, but I don't remember a time when I knew it and didn't like it. Now my friend protests that the lyrics are deep and that the sound is an acquired taste, but with so much else out there to listen to, why bother? Origin Late 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. verb.1 phr.
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