with obj.
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- acquire (something) by paying for it; buy购买：
Mr Gill spotted the manuscript at a local auction and purchased it for £1,500.
吉尔先生在当地的拍卖会上见到了这一手稿, 并花1,500英镑买了下来。
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- archaic obtain or achieve with effort or suffering〈古〉（努力或艰难地）获得, 得到：
the victory was purchased by the death of Rhiwallon.
这胜利是用瑞沃令的生命换来的。
2
- Nautical haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever【航海】（用滑轮或杠杆）升起, 举起（绳, 索, 锚）。
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- mass noun the action of buying something（购）买：
the large number of videos currently available for purchase
目前大量可供选购的录像机
count noun we carefully make our purchases after consulting each other.我们相互商量以后认真进行了采购。
1.1
- count noun a thing that has been bought所购物品：
she stowed her purchases in the car.
她把购买的物品装进车里。
1.2
- Law the acquisition of property by one's personal action and not by inheritance【律】（非继承性的）财产置得。
1.3
- archaic the annual rent or return from land〈古〉（地产的）年租, 年收益。
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- mass noun firm contact or grip牢固的接触; 紧握, 牢牢抓住：
the horse's hooves fought for purchase on the slippery pavement
马用蹄子拼命在打滑的路面上稳住
in sing. an attempt to gain a purchase on the soft earth.贴住软地面的试图。
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- count noun a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects（移动重物的）滑轮（或类似装置）。
派生词
purchasable
adjectivepurchaser
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French pourchacier 'seek to obtain or bring about', the earliest sense also in English, which soon gave rise to the senses 'gain' （hence, in nautical use, the notion of 'gaining' one portion of rope after another） and 'buy'.