obtain

英 [?b'te?n] 美[?b'ten]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?obtains;過去式:?obtained;過去分詞:?obtained;現(xiàn)在分詞:?obtaining;

1. ob- "to" + -tain.
2. => hold, take hold of, get possession of, acquire.

obtain 得到，獲得

ob-,向前，朝向，-tain,伸，抓，詞源同contain,tenure.引申詞義得到，獲得。

obtain: obtain: [15] Obtain is one of the large family of English words (attain, contain, continue, tenor, etc) that come ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. In this case its source, by way of Old French obtenir, was Latin obtinēre, a compound formed with the intensive prefix ob-, which denoted both ‘get possession of’ and ‘prevail, be established’.
=> attain, contain, continue, tenor
obtain (v.): early 15c., from Middle French obtenir "acquire, obtain" (14c.), from Latin obtinere "hold, hold fast, take hold of, get possession of, acquire," from ob "to" (though perhaps intensive in this case; see ob-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Obtained; obtaining.

1. Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change.: 只有采取大規(guī)模直接行動，我們才會取得這樣的改變。

2. Gregory'sfather had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education.: 格雷戈里的父親早就向他灌輸了要接受教育的志向。

3. Offshoring provides an opportunity to obtain I.T. services at low cost.: 離岸外包提供了以低成本獲得信息技術(shù)服務(wù)的機(jī)會。

4. I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose.: 我不費吹灰之力就可以得到我看中的任何東西。

5. To obtain her degree, she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.: 為獲得學(xué)位，她回答了10頁紙上的81個問題。