| 词组 | obtain |
| 释义 | obtain 1. The transitive obtain is denigrated as pretentious for get by some of the same commentators who tell you that get is overused. But if you look in your dictionary, you will see that obtain does not mean simply "get"; it means "to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort." We think you will not be tempted very often to slip it in for plain get. 2. The intransitive obtain is described as literary by Safire 1984 (he cites Krapp 1927 and Nicholson 1957 in support) and viewed with distrust by Freeman 1983, who thinks prevail or is/are still with us might be better. This use of obtain looks like this in context: • ... in rural areas where a degree of casual familiarity has always obtained —William Styron, This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, 1982 There's nothing wrong with being a little literary now and then. |
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