单词 | acquiring |
释义 | acquiring (once / 1010 pages) n WORD FAMILY acquire: acquirable, acquired, acquirer, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitive+/acquired: acquiredly/acquirer: acquirers/acquisition: acquisitions/acquisitive: acquisitively, acquisitiveness, unacquisitive USAGE EXAMPLESAll kinds of companies, including century-old industrial stalwarts like General Motors and General Electric, are among the corporate giants acquiring tech start-ups of late. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The trial is the first since France started investigating African leaders accused of illegally acquiring wealth. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) McClendon, who was also part-owner of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, was renowned for his aggression and skill in acquiring oil and gas drilling rights. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) n the act of acquiring something I envied his talent for acquiring Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper getting Norman Conquest the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066) acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something obtainment, obtentionthe act of obtaining catching, contractingbecoming infected appropriationa deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner moving in, occupancy, occupationthe act of occupying or taking possession of a building capture, gaining control, seizurethe act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property receipt, receptionthe act of receiving pickupthe act of taking aboard passengers or freight incurringacquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable) moneymakingthe act of making money (and accumulating wealth) annexationthe formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation pork-barrelingacquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale purchasethe acquisition of something for payment acceptancethe act of taking something that is offered succession, taking overacquisition of property by descent or by will assumption, laying claimthe act of taking possession of or power over something heritage, inheritancehereditary succession to a title or an office or property procural, procurance, procurementthe act of getting possession of something adoption, borrowingthe appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source pre-emption, preemptiona prior appropriation of something seizurethe taking possession of something by legal process usurpationwrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) preoccupancy, preoccupationthe act of taking occupancy before someone else does requisition, sequestrationseizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodythe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugationthe act of conquering enslavementthe act of making slaves of your captives regaining, restitution, restoration, returngetting something back again buyoutacquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen |
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