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单词 attain
释义 attain
 —attainer,  n.  
 /euh tayn"/,  v.t.  
  1. to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
  2. to come to or arrive at, esp. after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.
  v.i.  
  3. to arrive at or succeed in reaching or obtaining something (usually fol. by to or unto): to attain to knowledge.
  4. to reach in the course of development or growth: These trees attain to remarkable height.
 [1300-50; ME atei(g)nen < AF, OF ateign- (s. of ateindre) < VL *attangere (for L attingere), equiv. to L at- AT- + tangere to touch]
 Syn. 1. secure. See gain1.
 Ant. 1, 2. miss.
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