vt. 获得，取得；学到；
acquire的基本意思是“得到”,可指“购得”“习得; 学到(知识)”“获得(名声,地位或名望)”“患上(疾病); 受到(感染)”等,含有“逐渐具有; 不断积累; 开始学会”等意味。acquire也可指不正当的“获得”。
acquire是及物动词,其宾语多为抽象名词,如用实物则显得做作, acquire也可接双宾语。可用于被动结构。
acquire是瞬间动词,其现在完成时的肯定式不可与表示延续时间的状语搭配。
1. Perhaps we did acquire a somewhat fuddy-duddy image in the later years.
可能在后来的几年里我们真的让人感到有些古板。
2. Here is your opportunity to acquire a luxurious one bedroom home.
现在正是购买一套豪华一居室住房的机会。
3. He was the mastermind behind the plan to acquire the explosives.
他就是密谋获取炸药的主谋。
4. Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.
很多儿童都怕狗。
5. Students examined how children acquire language.
学生们仔细研究儿童如何习得语言。
6. To remove any ambiguity we have to acquire more accurate information.
为了消除含糊不清,我们必须取得更加精确的情报.