| 单词 | acquire |
| 释义 | acquire —acquirable, adj. —acquirability, n. —acquirer, n. /euh kwuyeur"/, v.t., acquired, acquiring. 1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property. 2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning. 3. Ling. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element). 4. Mil. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar. [1400-50; < L acquirere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- AC- + -quirere, comb. form of quaerere to search for, obtain); r. late ME aquere < MF aquerre < L] Syn. 1. See get. 2. win, earn, attain; appropriate. |
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