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acquire

🇬🇧 UK/ә'kwaiә/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLB1

Definitions

v.

To obtain or gain something, usually through effort; to come to have a skill, habit, or quality

获得,取得;学到,养成

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
acto, toward
+
quireseek, obtain, acquire
=acquire

Common Collocations

  • 1.acquire knowledge获得知识

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The company acquired a new subsidiary.

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