Obtain

(verb.) come into possession of; 'How did you obtain the visa?'.

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• It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Numerous attempts were consequently made to obtain a more sensitive material. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Oh, I am very glad that your father had the good fortune to obtain a weapon. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Where does your city obtain its water? 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• How was he to obtain this? 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In consequence of this law, when Memphis was occupied the provost-marshal had forcibly collected all the evidences he could obtain of such debts. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It means, he added, in a faltering voice, that my brother Richard has obtained his freedom. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Thus they obtained air and proper ventilation without fear of lessening the safety of their cabin. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The ex-butler had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• All did not have flails, as enough flails could not be obtained. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He noticed that by holding two of the lenses in a certain position he obtained a large and inverted view of whatever he looked at. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The study of apparatus for obtaining more perfect vacua was unceasingly carried on, for Edison realized that in this there lay a potent factor of ultimate success. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The laryngoscope, for obtaining a view of the larynx, was said to have been constructed by Mr. John Avery, of London, as early as 1846. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• There had been great delay in obtaining the authority of Congress for the raising of the troops asked for by the administration. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The impossibility of obtaining a uniform concentrate was a most serious objection, had there not indeed been other difficulties which rendered this method commercially impracticable. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To have served an apprenticeship in the town, under a master properly qualified, is commonly the necessary requisite for obtaining this freedom. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Every possibility of good was before me, and the first of blessings secured, in obtaining her promises of faith and correspondence. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Dr. Koch, who had srved in the Franco-Prussian War, succeeded in 1876 in obtaining pure cultures of this bacillus and in defining its relation to the dis ease. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• How a living animal obtains its quantity of this fluid, called fire, is a curious question. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This particularly obtains in all Parliamentary affairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This condition obtains even where there is no slavery in the legal sense. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• If _A_ hits two balls instead of one, the energy possessed by _A_ is given in part to one ball, and in part to the other, so that neither obtains the full amount. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He obtains a little measure of wine and gives the lad a portion of it very carefully. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And yet, observing the strange law of contradiction which obtains in all such cases, the time was long, while it flamed by so fast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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