acquire: [15] The original source of acquire, Latin acquīrere, meant literally ‘get something extra’. It was formed from the verb quaerere ‘try to get or obtain’ (from which English gets query, the derivatives enquire and require, and, via the past participial stem, quest and question) plus the prefix ad-, conveying the idea of being additional. English borrowed the word via Old French acquerre, and it was originally spelled acquere, but around 1600 the spelling was changed to acquire, supposedly to bring it more into conformity with its Latin source. => query, quest, question
acquire (v.)
mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, corresponding to Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c. 1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.
雙語例句
1. Perhaps we did acquire a somewhat fuddy-duddy image in the later years.
可能在后來的幾年里我們真的讓人感到有些古板。
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2. Here is your opportunity to acquire a luxurious one bedroom home.
現在正是購買一套豪華一居室住房的機會。
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3. He was the mastermind behind the plan to acquire the explosives.
他就是密謀獲取炸藥的主謀。
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4. Many children acquire a phobic horror of dogs.
很多兒童都怕狗。
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5. Students examined how children acquire language.