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单词 acquirement
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Definition of acquirement in English:

acquirement

noun əˈkwʌɪəm(ə)ntəˈkwaɪ(ə)rmənt
mass noun
  • 1The action of acquiring something.

    the acquirement of self control
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Men and women of real power and influence are few, because few are prepared to make the sacrifice necessary to the acquirement of power.
    • With the acquirement of weapons, the battle had been going much easier for the humans.
    • The announcement, made in February, follows hot on the heels of the company's recent acquirement of the National Rail Corporation.
    • I decided to write an article on the weapons of airmen and their acquirement.
    • Language acquirement consists of language courses to support asylum seekers to actively engage with their host country.
    • Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge.
    • ‘As our first announcement, we would like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Adams on their acquirement of the leadership position of the Fenton home group.’
    • Another characteristic of mindfulness he mentions is ‘acquiring ‘or ‘taking up ‘, that is, acquirement of what is useful and beneficial.’
    • The special aim and purpose of that school is to facilitate the acquirement of the qualifications set forth below.
    • Other changes for Fremantle Ports in the outer harbour include the recent acquirement of 43 hectares of land.
    • Special emphasis is given to the initial stages of microspore embryogenic potential acquirement and the initiation of cell divisions.
    • Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation.
    • These employees have a recognized professional status based on the acquirement of advanced knowledge and performance of work that is predominantly intellectual in character.
    Synonyms
    acquisition, acquiring, obtaining, gaining, earning, winning, securing, procuring, procurement
    collecting, collection, appropriation, amassing
    1. 1.1count noun Something acquired, typically a skill.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was accustomed to be surrounded with books of reference, maps, and all the other acquirements of a well-furnished library, and she found it difficult to content herself in a house devoid of such attractions.
      • His zeal and high acquirements as a mathematician, and his personal qualities, render him, in my opinion, remarkably well fitted for mathematical teaching in universities…
      • Raphael is a gentleman of great talents and scientific acquirements and is well known, not only in the British Empire, but also in the United States of America.
      • He then went on to confess, ‘But after 40. years of abstraction from it, and my mathematical acquirements coated over with rust, I find myself equal only to such simple operations & practices in it as serve to amuse me.
      • Such an officer must be a man ‘in whom his soldiers can recognize [that] by nurture, by associations, by acquirements, by character, has an inherent claim to their respect.’
      • These are sharply defined acquirements, giving to the figure of the Westerner an apparent moral clarity which corresponds to the clarity of his physical image against his bare landscape…
      • It is, in the medieval sense of the term, a masterpiece - meaning, an exemplification of talents and acquirements, offered by their possessor as a gift to the onlooker, and a proof of attainment.
      • In an essay, he declared: ‘Brahmanism is an acquirement, a state of being rather than a creed.’
      • It can neither possess in itself, nor enlist in its service, more than a portion of the acquirements and capacities which the country contains, applicable to any given purpose.
      • It is a corpus based on the assumption of the achievements of a European sensibility, steeped in cultural acquirements, aesthetic eclecticism and an accommodating receptivity of mind.
      • Jane admits ‘to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society and been my continual solace; she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and latterly, companion’.
      • We know what are the conditions of making an acquirement, or of fixing two or more things together in the memory.
      Synonyms
      attainment, achievement, accomplishment, skill, art, talent, capability, qualification
      proficiency, mastery
 
 

Definition of acquirement in US English:

acquirement

nounəˈkwī(ə)rməntəˈkwaɪ(ə)rmənt
  • 1The action of acquiring something.

    the acquirement of self control
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another characteristic of mindfulness he mentions is ‘acquiring ‘or ‘taking up ‘, that is, acquirement of what is useful and beneficial.’
    • ‘As our first announcement, we would like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Adams on their acquirement of the leadership position of the Fenton home group.’
    • Men and women of real power and influence are few, because few are prepared to make the sacrifice necessary to the acquirement of power.
    • These employees have a recognized professional status based on the acquirement of advanced knowledge and performance of work that is predominantly intellectual in character.
    • Other changes for Fremantle Ports in the outer harbour include the recent acquirement of 43 hectares of land.
    • With the acquirement of weapons, the battle had been going much easier for the humans.
    • Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation.
    • The announcement, made in February, follows hot on the heels of the company's recent acquirement of the National Rail Corporation.
    • I decided to write an article on the weapons of airmen and their acquirement.
    • Language acquirement consists of language courses to support asylum seekers to actively engage with their host country.
    • The special aim and purpose of that school is to facilitate the acquirement of the qualifications set forth below.
    • Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge.
    • Special emphasis is given to the initial stages of microspore embryogenic potential acquirement and the initiation of cell divisions.
    Synonyms
    acquisition, acquiring, obtaining, gaining, earning, winning, securing, procuring, procurement
    1. 1.1 Something acquired, typically a skill.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In an essay, he declared: ‘Brahmanism is an acquirement, a state of being rather than a creed.’
      • She was accustomed to be surrounded with books of reference, maps, and all the other acquirements of a well-furnished library, and she found it difficult to content herself in a house devoid of such attractions.
      • We know what are the conditions of making an acquirement, or of fixing two or more things together in the memory.
      • It can neither possess in itself, nor enlist in its service, more than a portion of the acquirements and capacities which the country contains, applicable to any given purpose.
      • It is a corpus based on the assumption of the achievements of a European sensibility, steeped in cultural acquirements, aesthetic eclecticism and an accommodating receptivity of mind.
      • Jane admits ‘to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society and been my continual solace; she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and latterly, companion’.
      • Such an officer must be a man ‘in whom his soldiers can recognize [that] by nurture, by associations, by acquirements, by character, has an inherent claim to their respect.’
      • Raphael is a gentleman of great talents and scientific acquirements and is well known, not only in the British Empire, but also in the United States of America.
      • It is, in the medieval sense of the term, a masterpiece - meaning, an exemplification of talents and acquirements, offered by their possessor as a gift to the onlooker, and a proof of attainment.
      • He then went on to confess, ‘But after 40. years of abstraction from it, and my mathematical acquirements coated over with rust, I find myself equal only to such simple operations & practices in it as serve to amuse me.
      • His zeal and high acquirements as a mathematician, and his personal qualities, render him, in my opinion, remarkably well fitted for mathematical teaching in universities…
      • These are sharply defined acquirements, giving to the figure of the Westerner an apparent moral clarity which corresponds to the clarity of his physical image against his bare landscape…
      Synonyms
      attainment, achievement, accomplishment, skill, art, talent, capability, qualification
 
 
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