acquire

• After having been instructed to drive out of town , i began to acquire confidence .
  被告知将车驶出城外后，我开始有了信心。
• From him the church acquired the disposition to be authoritative and unquestioned .
  教会从他那里得到了独尊而不许人过问的倾向。
• Then he settled down in london to practise the art he had so strangely acquired .
  后来他在伦敦安顿下来，发挥这项得来奇怪的本事。
• I have acquired quite an average student's power to read the common ancient classics .
  我已经有一般学生读普通古典文学书的能力了。
• Unfortunately, nowhere along the way had he acquired finesse or polished manners .
  不幸的是，他始终没有学会灵活的手腕或文雅的举止。
• Their vocabulary, like that of emily dickinson, acquired regal overtones .
  他们的词汇，一如艾米莉狄更生的词汇，也有了高雅的情调。
• This job necessitated a knowledge of stenography and typewriting, which she soon acquired .
  这工作需要会速记和打字，她不久便学会了。
• It will acquire no kudos for translating its inner doubts into hesitation .
  如果由于内心疑虑不安而在行动上举棋不定，是得不到荣誉的。
• He had acquired a wide acquaintance with the more disreputable quarters of the city .
  他对这座城市的那些不体面的地区逐渐都熟悉起来。
• Specialization may pay, even with no natural or acquired differences in skill .
  即使没有先天或后天的技能上的差别，专业化也是合算的。