acquired

1. VERB 获得；购得
   If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
   1. General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
      通用汽车公司以大约4亿美元的价格购得了萨博汽车公司50%的股份。
   2. I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
      最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
   3. She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair.
      她正坐在新买的轮椅上。
2. VERB 获得（技能）；养成（习惯）
   If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
   1. I've never acquired a taste for wine...
      我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
   2. Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
      读完此书，她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。
3. VERB 获得，得到（某种名声）
   If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
   1. He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
      他已经赢得了该国首席小提琴独奏家的名誉。
4. PHRASE 后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣
   If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
   1. Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
      要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。
   2. Living alone is an acquired taste.
      独处是一种修得的境界。

1. I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree
   最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
2. I've never acquired a taste for wine
   我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
3. Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
   读完此书，她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。
4. He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
   他已经赢得了该国首席小提琴独奏家的名誉。
5. Broad beans are very much an acquired taste
   要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。
6. Living alone is an acquired taste.
   独处是一种修得的境界。
7. He's been around a long time and has acquired a number of skills.
   长久以来他见过很多世面，学了很多技术。
8. He acquired a law degree by taking classes at night
   他通过读夜校获得了法律学位。
9. Southern acquired 11.2 per cent of Sweb in a dawn raid on Monday.
   美国南方电力公司在星期一的开盘抢购中收购了英国西南电力公司11.2%的股份。
10. Had he succeeded, he would have acquired a monopoly
    要是他当时成功了，他就会取得垄断地位。
11. Everton paraded their recently acquired silverware.
    埃弗顿展示了他们最近获得的银杯。
12. I had acquired a smattering of Greek.
    我学会了一丁点希腊语。
13. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
    AIDS是获得性免疫缺损综合征的缩写。
14. Use the transferable skills acquired from your previous working background
    先前工作中学到的技能能为现在所用的就多加利用。
15. William has acquired an unshakeable belief in himself
    威廉对自己有绝对的信心。
16. Vodka has acquired an upscale image in the US.
    伏特加在美国已树立起高档商品的形象。
17. In addition to the tractor, we have acquired a new rice transplanter.
    除了拖拉机，我们又添了一台插秧机。
18. Knowledge is acquired, not innate.
    知识是后天获得的，不是先天就有的。
19. He acquired an enviable reputation for artistic ability.
    他的艺术才能使他赢得了令人羡慕的声誉。
20. The idea has acquired a proverbial currency.
    这一思想已像格言一样广为流传。
21. He acquired an enviable reputation in literary and art circles for his artistic ability.
    他的艺术才能使他蜚声文艺界。
22. Certainly, no all-round knowledge can be acquired merely by glancing this way and that and relying on hearsay.
    东张西望，道听途说，绝然得不到什么完全的知识。
23. Our firm has acquired an increasing prestige.
    我们公司的声望不断提高。
24. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason.
    怜悯是靠理性的教化而获得和发展起来的。
25. He has acquired a reputation for dishonesty.
    他得到了奸诈的名声。
26. He had acquired much wisdom during his long life.
    他在漫长的生命岁月中获得了许多智慧。
27. The company was acquired as a shell by a bank.
    该公司被一家银行借壳了。
28. We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired.
    我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。

adj

1. gotten through environmental forces
   1. acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on