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VERB
獲得；購得
If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
例句
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
通用汽車公司以大約4億美元的價格購得了薩博汽車公司50%的股份。
I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
最近我從一棵冬青樹上弄了些木料。
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VERB
獲得（技能）；養成（習慣）
If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
例句
I've never acquired a taste for wine...
我一向喝不慣葡萄酒。
Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
讀完此書，她便能將從書中所得傳授給實習教師。
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VERB
獲得，得到（某種名聲）
If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
例句
He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
他已經贏得了該國首席小提琴獨奏家的名譽。
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PHRASE
后天養成的愛好;培養出來的興趣
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.
例句
Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
要慢慢適應才能吃得慣蠶豆。
Living alone is an acquired taste.
獨處是一種修得的境界。