词组 | attain/obtain |
释义 | attain/obtain 【问】 attain与obtain都是及物动词,很容易用混。请辩析。 【答】 attain可译为“达到”“实现”、“完成”,含有极强的抱负和渴望之意,有时则含有经过巨大努力才得以实现的意思,常见的搭配有:attain the end (goal) (达到目的),attain one’shope (object)(实现希望/达到目标)。obtain可译为“获得”、“取得”、“找到”,不含有难以达到的意思,常见的搭配有:obtain a prize(获得奖金),obtain a loan (获得一笔贷款),obtainknowledge(获得知识) obtain an experience(获得经验)。请对比下列实例: 1....the qualities which enabled him to attain his ambitions... (EED) ……使他得以实现雄心壮志的品质…… 2. They were unable to attain their objectives. (Hazen) 他们未能达到他们的目的。 3. Howard had failed to obtain a scholarship. (Priestley) 霍华德未能得到奖学金。 4. She obtained her degree in 1951... 她在1951年获得了学位…… 请做下面的英语试题: 1. Scientists desire that more information about the sun and its satellites________ from further researches. A. be obtained B. can obtain C. obtained D. could be obtained 2. In order to learn to be one's true self,it is necessary to________ a wide and extensiveknowledge of what has been said and done in the world. A. obtain B. attain C. inquire 3. Molds cannot produce their own food ____ their nourishment from living on dead or-ganic matter or on other living matter. A. obtain B. obtaining C. but obtain D. is obtained(TOEFL,82. 1) 4. ____ pure lead,the lead ore is mined,then smelted and finally refined.A. Obtaining B. Being obtained C. To obtain D. It is obtained (TOEFL,82. 8) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第155-156页. |
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