procure
/prəʊˈkjʊə(r)/verb
with obj.
1
- obtain (something), especially with care or effort（尤指费心、费力地）取得; 获得：
food procured for the rebels
为叛军谋得的食物
with two objs he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket.他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。
1.1
- obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person为（某人）拉皮条; 给（某人）做淫媒：
men who haunted railway stations to procure young girls for immoral purposes.
在火车站出没专找年轻女郎拉皮条的男人。
2
- with obj. and infinitive Law persuade or cause (someone) to do something【律】说服; 使（某人）做某事：
he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account.
他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。
2.1
- archaic or Law cause (something) to happen〈古〉【律】使（某事）发生; 导致：
he was charged with procuring the deaths of the Earl of Lancaster and other nobles.
他被指控造成兰开斯特伯爵和其他贵族的死亡。
派生词
procurable
adjectiveprocurement
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French procurer,from Latin procurare 'take care of，manage'，from pro- 'on behalf of'+curare 'see to'.