obtain

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ob·tain /əbˈteɪn/ S3 W2 AWL verb formal

1 [transitiveT]GET to get something that you want, especially through your own effort, skill, or work 〔尤指通过自身的努力、技能或工作〕获得，得到 SYN get

obtain something from somebody/something

Further information can be obtained from head office.

详细资料可向总公司索取。

You will need to obtain permission from the principal.

你需要得到校长的同意。

obtain something through something

the results obtained through these surveys

通过这些调查得出的结果

► see thesaurus at get

In everyday English, people say that they get a result, a ticket, some information etc rather than obtain it: 在日常英语中，人们说得到结果、票、信息等时用get，而不用obtain

You have to get permission from your parents.

你必须得到父母的允许。

2 [intransitiveI not in progressive]EXIST if a situation, system, or rule obtains, it continues to exist 〔情况、制度或规则〕继续存在，通用

These conditions no longer obtain.

这些状况已不复存在。

Examples from the Corpus

obtain• Beyond that, McCord said she hopes to get a job and find a legitimate way to obtain a college education.• Visitors must obtain a wilderness hiking permit to enter the park.• Having already obtained an MoD licence and farmer's permission we set about trying to pinpoint the site.• Maps and guides can be obtained at the tourist office.• Such oblique photography is a selective process, involving archaeological judgment, in contrast to the unselective view obtained by vertical survey.• Weisner is hoping to obtain funding for a follow-up study of the children.• Scientists in Brazil are obtaining medicines from plants.• The purpose of the audit is to identify a problem and to obtain objective data for analysis.• The responsibility for obtaining such information rests with the business units themselves and/or a central research and development department.• Soon afterwards, the Tokugawa clan obtained supremacy under the patient and skilful Hideyori or Iyeyasu.• His promotional leaflets referred to his routine practice of obtaining x ray films, running diagnostic tests, and prescribing treatment.

Origin obtain

(1400-1500) Old French obtenir, from Latin obtinere “to hold on to, own, obtain”

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