obtain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. transitive
    — obtain permission
  2. To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. intransitive,obsolete
    — he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.
  3. To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. intransitive,obsolete
    — “O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”
  4. To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. obsolete,transitive
    — His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?
  5. To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. especially,intransitive
    — Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.

词形变化

obtains present,singular,third-person obtaining participle,present obtained participle,past obtained past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template obtain infinitive obtain first-person,present,singular obtained first-person,past,singular obtain present,second-person,singular obtainest archaic,present,second-person,singular obtained past,second-person,singular obtainedst archaic,past,second-person,singular obtains present,singular,third-person obtaineth archaic,present,singular,third-person obtained past,singular,third-person obtain plural,present obtained past,plural obtain present,subjunctive obtained past,subjunctive obtain imperative,present - imperative,past obtaining participle,present obtained participle,past obtein alternative,obsolete obteyn alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
obtainability obtainable obtainance obtainer obtainment preobtain reobtain unobtainability unobtained

词源

From Middle English obteinen, from Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + tenēre (“to hold”).
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