[ U ] the process of getting something获得
The acquisition of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously.获得的大量数据对我们的研究有莫大的帮助。
Language acquisition (= learning a language without being taught) starts at a very young age.语言习得始于幼年。
[ C ] something that someone buys, often to add to a collection of things购置品(常用于收藏)
The museum's latest acquisition is a four-million-dollar sculpture.该博物馆最新购置的藏品为一尊价值400万美元的雕塑。
I like your earrings - are they a recent acquisition? (= Did you get them recently?)我挺喜欢你的耳环——你刚买的吗?
[ C or U ] something such as a building, another company, or a piece of land that is bought by a company, or the act of buying it收购物(房屋、公司、土地等);收购