purchase

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n. 购买, 购买品, 紧握, 绞辘 vt. 购买, 赢得, 努力取得, 用滑轮起(锚等)

发音

US /ˈpɝ.t͡ʃəs/
UK /ˈpɜː(ɹ).t͡ʃəs/
IN /pə(r)ˈtʃes/
IN /ˈpɜ(r).tʃəs/

词形变化

purchases 复数 purchases purchased purchases 三单 purchasest purchaseth purchasing purchasing 现在分词 purchased 过去式 purchased 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

购买;紧握;起重装置

something you buy, or the act of buying it

动词

购买;赢得

to buy something

动词

购买东西

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

    购买

    可数 不可数

    They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.

  2. 2.

    That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

    可数 不可数

    He was pleased with his latest purchase.

  3. 3.

    That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)

    可数 废旧 不可数
  5. 5.

    A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.

    比喻 不可数 可数

    It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.

  7. 7.

    The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and (in nautical terminology) the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.

    不可数 体育 可数
  9. 9.

    Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

    可数 过时 不可数 法律
v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.

    购买

    to purchase land, to purchase a house

  2. 2.

    To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

  3. 3.

    To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

    to purchase favor with flattery

  4. 4.

    To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

  5. 5.

    To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.

    to purchase a cannon

  6. 6.

    To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

    1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.

  7. 7.

    To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

    Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution.

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词源

From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).

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