Acquiring
[ə'kwaɪr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of acquiring something; 'I envied his talent for acquiring'; 'he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving'.
校對:莎娜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquire
哈恩編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Acquiring is always secondary, and instrumental to the act of inquiring. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To recur to our previous illustration, the process of acquiring language is a practically perfect model of proper educative growth. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Holmes's card sent in to the manager ensured instant attention, and he was not long in acquiring all the information he needed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- She knew she could not afford it, and she was afraid of acquiring so expensive a taste. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His love of acquiring knowledge grew as he traveled, and he studied natural history, geology and chemistry. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Glacier National Park is the latest addition to the series of great natural attractions which the United States Government has been acquiring for years. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I cannot boast of much success in acquiring the _reality_ of this virtue, but I had a good deal with regard to the appearance of it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And his romantic manner of acquiring it, make him conspicuous. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- For hundreds of centuries they were acquiring skill of hand and limb, and power and bulk of brain, in that still unknown environment. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- His main object in life seemed to be acquiring the art of throwing up wash-pitchers and catching them without breaking them. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is one of those cases where the art of the reasoner should be used rather for the sifting of details than for the acquiring of fresh evidence. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- These thoughts exhilarated me, and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- In modern times we hardly need to be reminded that the process of acquiring knowledge is here confused with the contemplation of absolute knowledge. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
錄入:昆西