acquired

英 [əˈkwaɪəd]

美 [əˈkwaɪərd]

v.  (通过努力、能力、行为表现)获得; 购得; 获得; 得到
acquire的过去分词和过去式

过去式：acquired　过去分词：acquired　

GRE医学

BNC.12096 / COCA.15054

柯林斯词典

• VERB 获得；购得
  If youacquiresomething, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
  1. General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
     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。
  2. I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
     最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
  3. She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair.
     她正坐在新买的轮椅上。
• VERB 获得（技能）；养成（习惯）
  If youacquiresomething such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
  1. I've never acquired a taste for wine...
     我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
  2. Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
     读完此书，她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。
• VERB 获得，得到（某种名声）
  If someone or somethingacquiresa certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
  1. He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
     他已经赢得了该国首席小提琴独奏家的名誉。
• PHRASE 后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣
  If you describe something as anacquired 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.
  1. Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
     要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。
  2. Living alone is an acquired taste.
     独处是一种修得的境界。

英英释义

adj

• gotten through environmental forces
  1. acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on

双语例句

• Southern acquired 11.2 per cent of Sweb in a dawn raid on Monday.
  美国南方电力公司在星期一的开盘抢购中收购了英国西南电力公司11.2%的股份。
• The company was acquired as a shell by a bank.
  该公司被一家银行借壳了。
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
• We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired.
  我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。
• Knowledge is acquired, not innate.
  知识是后天获得的，不是先天就有的。
• Use the transferable skills acquired from your previous working background
  先前工作中学到的技能能为现在所用的就多加利用。
• Vodka has acquired an upscale image in the US.
  伏特加在美国已树立起高档商品的形象。
• I've never acquired a taste for wine
  我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
• Certainly, no all-round knowledge can be acquired merely by glancing this way and that and relying on hearsay.
  东张西望，道听途说，绝然得不到什么完全的知识。
• He acquired an enviable reputation in literary and art circles for his artistic ability.
  他的艺术才能使他蜚声文艺界。