obtain
verb
formaluk/əbˈteɪn/us/əbˈteɪn/obtainverb(GET)
B2[T]
to get something,especiallybyaskingfor it,buyingit,workingfor it, orproducingit from somethingelse:
得到,获得to obtainpermission获得许可
Firsteditionsof thesebooksare nowalmostimpossibleto obtain.这些书的第一版现在已几乎弄不到了。
In the secondexperimentthey obtained a veryclearresult.第二次试验他们获得了明确的结果。
Sugar is obtainedbycrushingandprocessingsugarcane.蔗糖是通过对甘蔗进行压榨和加工获得的。
Synonyms
acquire
get(OBTAIN)
getholdofinformal
to receive or be given something
- getI got a new bike for my birthday.
- receiveYou will receive your tickets by email.
- obtainAfter many years of trying, she finally obtained Brazilian citizenship.
- gainYou will improve at the job as you gain experience.
- earnEventually, you will earn the dog's trust.
- achieveShe achieved top marks in the physics exam.
- It's hard to obtaintrulyindependentfinancialadvice.
- Theeducationdirectorisperseveringin hisattemptto obtainadditionalfundingfor theschool.
- Themoneywasdishonestlyobtained.
- Thedocumentsare the firstsubstantiveinformationobtained by theinvestigators.
- He wasfoundguiltyof obtainingmoneybydeception.
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- carvesomethingout (foryourself)
- draw
- earn
- fill
- get out ofsomething
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- glom ontosomething/someone
- go tosomeone
- honoree
- score
- secure
- seize
- seize on/uponsomething
- snapsomethingup
- snatch
- snatch atsomething
obtainverb(EXIST)
[Inot continuous]
(especiallyof asituation) toexist:
(尤指情况)存在Conditions ofextremepovertynow obtain in manypartsof thecountry.目前该国的许多地方都极度贫困。
Existing and being
- account forsomething
- alive
- be
- be a thingidiom
- been
- come
- existential
- extant
- found
- have legsidiom
- hood
- lie
- lie in
- living
- run
- they're
- thing
- viability
- we're
- who're