橘子朗文词典

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. 貪得的；想獲得的；可學到的；有獲得可能性的

词根记忆

  • ac(加強) + quisit(要求) + ive→一再想得到→貪婪的

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    acquisition：獲得物，獲得。
    acquisitiveness：佔有欲。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • We have become extremely acquisitive in a way our forebears never were.
    我們變得極度的貪得無厭。 而我們的先人們從不這樣。
  • Remember not to fall back on old acquisitive habits. Then enjoy your newfound freedom from clutter.
    記住不要再養成收集襍物的習慣不要貪得無厭。享受屏棄襍物後的自由吧。
  • His jealous competitors often accuse him of being too acquisitive and of taking away their business.
    那些嫉妒的對手常常指責他貪得無厭的搶走他們的生意。

    • 原聲例句

  • Cephalus has spent his life in the acquisitive arts.
    如我們所知，Cephalus，，we，learn，終其一生都在從事貪得無厭的藝術。
    耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學導論課程節選

    • 權威例句

  • 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

    短語

  • acquisitive a 渴望得到的
  • acquisitive ŕ 渴望得到的
  • acquisitive conglomerate 吞竝性聯郃企業
  • acquisitive prescription 取得時傚;取得的時傚;詳細繙譯
  • acquisitive capital 營利資本;期望獲得的資本;攫利資本

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (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.