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单词 target acquisition
释义

acquire /ə-kwīrˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To gain or get
  2. To attain to, achieve
ORIGIN: L acquīrere, -quīsītum, from ad to, and quaerere to seek

acquīrabilˈity noun

acquīrˈable adjective

That may be acquired

acquīrˈal noun

acquiredˈ adjective

acquireˈment noun

  1. Acquisition
  2. Something learned or obtained by effort, not a gift of nature

acquisition /ak-wi-zishˈən/ noun

  1. The act of acquiring
  2. Something which is acquired

acquisitive /ə-kwizˈ/ adjective

Able, desiring or eager to acquire usu possessions

acquisˈitively adverb

acquisˈitiveness noun

A desire or propensity to acquire possessions

acquist /ə-kwistˈ/ noun

Acquisition

acquired behaviour or acquired character noun

Behaviour or character originating in the adaptation of an organism to its environment, not inherited

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome see AIDS

acquired immunity noun (immunology)

Immunity resulting from exposure to foreign substances or micro-organisms (cf natural immunity)

acquired taste noun

  1. A liking for something that comes after some experience
  2. A thing so liked (often ironic)

acquisition accounting noun

An accounting procedure in which a company's assets are changed from the book value to the fair market value following a takeover

acquisitive award or acquisitive prize noun (Aust)

A prize put up by the sponsor of an art competition who in return becomes the owner of the winning entry or entries

target acquisition

A fighter or bomber pilot's sighting of his target, either visually or by radar

target /tärˈgit/

noun
  1. A round or shield-like mark to shoot at for practice or competition
  2. An object aimed at (also figurative)
  3. A butt or focus (eg of unkind remarks or actions)
  4. A result to be aimed at
  5. A shooting score
  6. A neck and breast of lamb
  7. A small buckler or round shield (historical)
  8. A surface on which electrons impinge at high velocity, such as the fluorescent screen of a cathode-ray tube
  9. A plate in a television camera tube on which external scenes are focused and scanned by an electron beam
  10. A reflecting object which returns radiated pulse energy to the receiver of a radar system (radar)
  11. A sight on a levelling staff
  12. An American railway signal
adjective

Chosen as a target, aimed at

transitive verb
  1. To aim
  2. To aim at
  3. To make, or identify as, a focus, target or victim
ORIGIN: OFr targuete; cf targe1

tarˈgetable adjective

Able to be aimed, or aimed at

tarˈgeted adjective

  1. Selected as a target, aimed at
  2. Provided with a shield (historical)

targeteerˈ noun (historical)

A person armed with a shield, a peltast

target acquisition see under acquire

target area noun

An area containing a target, or which is a target, eg of missiles

target cell noun

  1. An antigen-bearing cell which is the target of attack by lymphocytes or a specific antibody (immunology)
  2. (in haematology) an abnormally shaped red blood cell with a central stained area seen in blood films

target language noun

  1. The language into which a text is to be translated
  2. The foreign language being learned by a student

target man noun (football)

A tall forward player to whom high passes can be made

target practice noun

Repeated shooting at a target to improve one's aim

on target

  1. On the correct course for a target
  2. On schedule
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