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单词 acquire
释义
acquire
verb [ T ] uk/əˈkwaɪər/ us/əˈkwaɪɚ/
B2 取得,获得;购得;学到
to get something
He acquired the firm in 2008. 他于2008年收购了这家公司。
I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket. 我穿着一件新买的夹克衫。
I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book. 这本书我好像买重了。
He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with. 据说很难跟他共事。
    More examples
  • As people grow older, their faces acquire more character.
  • She acquired the painting at a jumble sale for the princely sum of 25p.
  • When she married Giles, she acquired a ready-made family - two teenage sons and a daughter.
  • I didn't like red wine before but I acquired a taste for it while I was living in France.
  • He acquired a reputation as an entertaining speaker.
Idiom
an acquired tasteidiom 后天养成的嗜好;假以时日并多次尝试而喜欢上的东西
something that you dislike at first, but that you start to like after you have tried it a few times
Olives are an acquired taste. 橄榄这种东西吃得多就爱吃了。
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