核心畫面

Picture reaching out for something you don't yet have and slowly drawing it in until it is truly yours — the act of getting and keeping.

可以想成…伸手去拿一樣本來不屬於你的東西,把它一點一點拉進來、變成自己的——那個『取得並收進手裡』的動作。

From the word’s history

From Latin acquirere 'to get in addition, accumulate', from ad- 'to' + quaerere 'to seek to obtain'; the core is the seeking-and-getting itself.

源自拉丁文 acquirere『額外取得、累積』,由 ad-『向』加 quaerere『尋求取得』組成;核心就在『去尋、去拿到手』這個動作本身。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/acquisition, /acquire)

Two branches

取得的動作

直接就是核心那個『把東西弄到手』的動作,不管拿到的是外在的財產,還是內在的本事。

getting or buying · noun · B2

The act of getting land, power, money, or a whole company, often by buying it.

取得 / 收購

到手的東西

從『取得的動作』轉到『取得的結果』:動作完成後,那個到手的東西本身就叫 an acquisition。

newly acquired thing · noun · B2

A thing you have just got by buying it or being given it, especially something nice you are proud of.

新入手的東西 / 新藏品

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

acquisitionnoun/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/

  • 1

    The act or process of acquiring.

    • The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
  • 2

    The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

    • That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
  • 3

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。