acquire什么意思、怎么读？单词用法、记忆法、发音音标、反义词同义词辨析、释义

He wants to acquire a new empire.
他想要得到一个新的帝国。

Snakes did not acquire their poison for use against man but for use against prey such as rats and mice, and the effects on these of viperine poison is almost immediate.

蛇产生毒液不是用来对付人类的，而是用于捕食老鼠耗子之类的猎物的，毒蛇的毒液几乎能立即毒死这些小动物。

Certain themes of the American imagination also begin to acquire richer hues: Innocence and Experience, Eden and Utopia, Self and Society, Nature and History.

某些美国式想象的主题又重新开始获得更加丰富的光彩：天真与阅历、伊甸园与乌托邦、自我与社会、自然与历史。

How did he acquire his wealth?

他的财富是怎样得来的？

acquire 的同义词是 obtain ，但两者在搭配上有些区别。
obtain + advice /information /permission obtain 通常指通过努力或请求而得到，含有满足要求，到达目的的
意味。
acquire +knowledge /reputation /skill /habit acquire 一般指通过漫长的过程而逐渐获得。

※Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily . (Friedrich Schiller , German Dramatist and poet).——只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。(德国剧作家、诗人 席勒. F.)  
※To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 积财难，守财最难，而聪明地散财最难。