| 单词 | acquisition |
| 释义 | acquisition (once / 432 pages) n An acquisition is something you acquire—a book, a skill or if you are a mogul, a company. It describes things you have purchased, things you have learned, or things you have gotten. Acquisition has a formal sense to it. We don't talk about our new jeans as our latest acquisition, unless we are the kind of person who refers to their latest copy of Vogue as their Bible. It is very commonly used to refer to paintings purchased by museums—in fact, large museums have acquisition departments. WORD FAMILYacquisition: acquisitions+/acquire: acquirable, acquired, acquirer, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitive/acquired: acquiredly/acquirer: acquirers/acquisitive: acquisitively, acquisitiveness, unacquisitive USAGE EXAMPLESThe U.S. semiconductor industry is facing an unprecedented wave of consolidations, with mergers and acquisitions in the sector valued last year at over $100 billion. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Because the survey relied on the memories of the participants, the researchers wrote, the more recent gun acquisition data might be more accurate. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Then, in 1972, the Soviet Union purchased the property and obtained more acreage in exchange for real estate acquisitions by the United States in Moscow. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n something acquired a recent acquisition by the museum Exp|Hypo|Hyper European Recovery Program a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall accession, addition something added to what you already have purchasesomething acquired by purchase giftsomething acquired without compensation stock buybacka corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt) bargain, buy, stealan advantageous purchase bequest, legacy(law) a gift of personal property by will devise(law) a gift of real property by will free lunchsomething acquired without effort or payment or obligation dower, dowery, dowry, portionmoney or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage bride pricemoney or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride largess, largessea gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously aid, economic aid, financial aidmoney to support a worthy person or cause award, prizesomething given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery presentsomething presented as a gift contribution, donationa voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause enrichmenta gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth lagniappea small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) bestowal, bestowmenta gift that is bestowed or conferred freebee, freebiesomething that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) giveawaya gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group gift horsea gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically transferred possession, transferred property a possession whose ownership changes or lapses 2n the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something the acquisition of wealth the acquisition of one company by another Hypo|Hyper incurring acquiring 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 regaining, restitution, restoration, returngetting something back again buyoutacquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock buyback, redemption, repurchasethe act of purchasing back something previously sold buying, purchasingthe act of buying clawbackfinding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way leveraged buyouta buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan strategic buyoutan acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power takeovera change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation acquiring, getting the act of acquiring something 3n the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge the child's acquisition of language Syn|Hypo|Hyper learning conditioning a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment developmental learninglearning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development digestionlearning and coming to understand ideas and information educationthe gradual process of acquiring knowledge incorporation, internalisation, internalizationlearning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself imprintinga learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established language learninglearning to use a language committal to memory, memorisation, memorizationlearning so as to be able to remember verbatim study, workapplying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) carry-over, transfer, transfer of trainingapplication of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation introjection(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects introjection(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego audio lingual acquisitionsystem of language acquisition focusing intensively on listening and speaking rote, rote learningmemorization by repetition accommodationin the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality assimilationin the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance generalisation, generalization, stimulus generalisation, stimulus generalization(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus acculturation, assimilationthe process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure masteringbecoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of self-cultivation, self-educationthe process of educating yourself school, schoolingthe process of being formally educated at a school special educationeducation of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom vocational education, vocational trainingtraining for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade experimental extinction, extinctiona conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus aversive conditioningconditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus classical conditioningconditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex operant conditioningconditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response counter conditioningconditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus basic cognitive process cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge 4n an ability that has been acquired by training Syn|Hypo|Hyper accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, skill craft, craftsmanship, workmanship skill in an occupation or trade horsemanshipskill in handling and riding horses literacythe ability to read and write marksmanshipskill in shooting mastershipthe skill of a master mixologyskill in preparing mixed drinks numeracyskill with numbers and mathematics oarsmanshipskill as an oarsman salesmanshipskill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy seamanshipskill in sailing showmanshipthe ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner soldiering, soldiershipskills that are required for the life of soldier swordsmanshipskill in fencing boatmanshipskill in handling boats housecraftskill in domestic management priestcraftthe skills involved in the work of a priest stagecraftskill in writing or staging plays tradecraftskill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage watercraftskill in the management of boats woodcraftskill in carving or fashioning objects from wood ability, power possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done |
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