奇葩剧汉英词典

acquisitive

A 开头单词GRE词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [əˈkwɪz.ɪ.tɪv]
  • 美式音标 [əˈkwɪz.ə.t̬ɪv]
  • 国际音标 [ə'kwizitiv]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 贪得的；想获得的；可学到的；有获得可能性的

词根记忆

  • ac(加强) + quisit(要求) + ive→一再想得到→贪婪的

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    acquisition：获得物，获得。
    acquisitiveness：占有欲。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • We have become extremely acquisitive in a way our forebears never were.
    我们变得极度的贪得无厌。 而我们的先人们从不这样。
  • Remember not to fall back on old acquisitive habits. Then enjoy your newfound freedom from clutter.
    记住不要再养成收集杂物的习惯不要贪得无厌。享受屏弃杂物后的自由吧。
  • His jealous competitors often accuse him of being too acquisitive and of taking away their business.
    那些嫉妒的对手常常指责他贪得无厌的抢走他们的生意。

    • 原声例句

  • Cephalus has spent his life in the acquisitive arts.
    如我们所知，Cephalus，，we，learn，终其一生都在从事贪得无厌的艺术。
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    • 权威例句

  • Which naturally raises the question: What took the famously acquisitive Singleton so long to diversify?
    FORBES: Where's Dean?
  • For years Wall Street had been downright hostile to the acquisitive ambitions of Chairman Whitacre.
    FORBES: Whitacre's Way
  • Google's quietly pitter-pattering its acquisitive ways back into the controversial realm of facial recognition technology.
    ENGADGET: Google acquires PittPatt, wants to know you on a face-to-face basis

词组短语

    短语

  • acquisitive a 渴望得到的
  • acquisitive ŕ 渴望得到的
  • acquisitive conglomerate 吞并性联合企业
  • acquisitive prescription 取得时效;取得的时效;详细翻译
  • acquisitive capital 营利资本;期望获得的资本;攫利资本

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (WANTING THINGS) eager to own and collect things
  • (COMPANY) used to describe a company that buys other companies

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.