acquiring
present participle ofacquire
单词 | acquiring |
释义 | acquiring present participle ofacquire acquire verb[T] uk/əˈkwaɪər/us/əˈkwaɪɚ/B2 to get orbuysomething: He acquired thefirmin 2008. I waswearinganewly/recentlyacquiredjacket. Iseemtohave acquired(= have gotalthoughI don'tknowhow)twocopiesof thisbook. He has acquiredareputationfor beingdifficulttoworkwith. Synonyms buy(PAY FOR) get(OBTAIN) getholdofinformal obtain(GET)formal picksomethingup(BUY) purchaseformal snapsomethingupinformal to receive or be given something
Getting, receiving and accepting
Idioman acquired taste Examplesofacquiringacquiring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Effects of learning method and word type onacquiringvocabulary in an unfamiliar language. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, in our public culture, such taxes are understood as a way to prevent the already well off fromacquiringeven more advantages. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, if some scroungers are tolerated (and perhaps provide other benefits), it can still be in producers' interests to continueacquiringfood. 14. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead, farmers try to expand profits byacquiringmore land, which drives up land prices. From theCambridge English Corpus Capital requirements foracquiringthese skills are borne by guardians or parents. From theCambridge English Corpus I am interested both inacquiringthose recordings that are available commercially and in finding those that can be auditioned only in libraries. From theCambridge English Corpus But this should not deter them fromacquiringthese volumes. From theCambridge English Corpus Throughacquiringinformation that helps us to understand the instruments, we are able to define conservation, communication and exposition criteria. From theCambridge English Corpus Onacquiringthe structural representations for false complements. From theCambridge English Corpus He estimates the impact on mortality and costs of larger hospitalsacquiringsmaller hospitals. From theCambridge English Corpus We argue that there are specific neural markers foracquiringvocabulary and there are cross-linguistic differences in these markers. From theCambridge English Corpus This book would be a great asset as an aid toacquiringliteracy, but its musical contribution is weaker. From theCambridge English Corpus Breeding programmes began in the 1970s and areacquiringinter national importance. From theCambridge English Corpus A sojourn in the colonies could, in fact, be a means ofacquiringfame and wealth. From theCambridge English Corpus The mode ofacquiringproperty rights in these lands varied considerably. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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