acquisition

/ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən/ n.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

获得；习得；收购；获得物；收购的公司；新添藏品

释义与例句

n. 获得；习得；收购
the process of gaining knowledge, a skill, an asset, or control of a company
  1. Language acquisition begins long before children attend school.
    儿童的语言习得早在入学前就开始了。
  2. The acquisition of practical skills is central to the course.
    掌握实用技能是这门课程的核心。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The board approved the acquisition of a smaller software company.
    董事会批准收购一家较小的软件公司。
n. 获得物；收购的公司；新添藏品
something that has been obtained, especially a company, object, or work of art recently acquired
  1. The museum's latest acquisition is a seventeenth-century map.
    这家博物馆最新添置的藏品是一幅十七世纪的地图。
  2. The new gallery displays several recent acquisitions.
    新展厅陈列着几件近期获得的藏品。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The growing startup soon became an attractive acquisition for a larger firm.
    这家发展迅速的初创公司很快成为大公司青睐的收购对象。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 动词 acquire，名词 acquisition；既可指“习得技能”，也可指“收购公司”。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • acquire 获得；习得；收购
    acquisition 对应的动词，宾语可以是知识、技能、资产、公司或藏品。
  • acquired 后天获得的；已购得的
    可形容通过学习或经历获得的特征，也可形容已取得的事物。
同义词
  • purchase 购买；所购物品
    purchase 特指用钱购买，日常和正式语境都可用；acquisition 范围更广，还可指技能习得或公司收购，语体较正式。
    The purchase of the new equipment was approved last month. 购买新设备一事上月已获批准。
常见搭配
  • language acquisition 语言习得
    Social interaction plays an important role in language acquisition. 社会互动在语言习得中发挥重要作用。
  • acquisition of 对……的获得或收购
    The acquisition of new computer skills improved her job prospects. 掌握新的计算机技能改善了她的就业前景。
  • business acquisition 企业收购
    The business acquisition doubled the firm's share of the market. 这次企业收购使该公司的市场份额翻了一番。