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单词 achieve
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Definition of achieve in English:

achieve

verb əˈtʃiːvəˈtʃiv
[with object]
  • Successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage.

    he achieved his ambition to become a press photographer
    the killings achieved nothing
    no object people striving to achieve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We are achieving significant results in reducing crime and the fear of crime.
    • As a result, achieving any change in society is always an uphill and often thankless task.
    • In the Unland sculptures it is the unexpected combination of wood, thread and hair that achieves this effect.
    • Progress in achieving the objectives varied in line with fluctuations in the world economic cycle.
    • He cannot be expected to achieve results by dint of enthusiasm and fresh ideas alone.
    • I intend to do everything within my power to make sure that we achieve these objectives.
    • It seems only ill health or a sudden lack of desire can stop him achieving his goal.
    • One of the ways the law aims to achieve these consequences is by banning certain actions.
    • The episode achieves its emotional effect without sentimentality and with intellectual integrity.
    • It's also important to have a strategy from the outset if you are to achieve your objective.
    • In most cases, as long as the worker achieves set targets, they will be left to their own devices.
    • The left wing of the attack achieved its objectives but the right wing failed completely.
    • He is a progressive and modern farmer who achieves excellent results.
    • The report also said that the pupils had made good progress to achieve the test results.
    • Such power can be put to use for achieving mundane objectives or spiritual advancement.
    • Why have the most expensive professionals in the game achieved such paltry results?
    • Sometimes the very act of trying to censor what reaches the public domain can backfire and achieves the reverse result to the one intended.
    • O'Neill has told his players that pretty football must be secondary to achieving the right result.
    • It's simple, it's to the point, there's a lightness of feel to it, and it achieves results.
    • Either way achieves the objective of inserting a non-stick barrier between the laminate and the release paper.
    Synonyms
    attain, reach, arrive at
    realize, carry off, bring off, pull off, bring about, accomplish, carry through, fulfil, execute, perform, engineer, carry out, bring to fruition, conclude, complete, finish, consummate
    earn, win, gain, find, establish, acquire, obtain, procure, come by, get, secure, clinch, seize, wrest, hook, net
    informal wrap up, polish off, bag, wangle, swing
    rare effectuate, reify

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'complete successfully'): from Old French achever 'come or bring to a head', from a chief 'to a head'.

  • The early sense was ‘complete successfully’, from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from the phrase a chief ‘to a head’.

Rhymes

believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves
 
 

Definition of achieve in US English:

achieve

verbəˈCHēvəˈtʃiv
[with object]
  • Successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.

    he achieved his ambition to become a journalist
    no object people striving to achieve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Unland sculptures it is the unexpected combination of wood, thread and hair that achieves this effect.
    • Why have the most expensive professionals in the game achieved such paltry results?
    • The left wing of the attack achieved its objectives but the right wing failed completely.
    • It seems only ill health or a sudden lack of desire can stop him achieving his goal.
    • We are achieving significant results in reducing crime and the fear of crime.
    • It's also important to have a strategy from the outset if you are to achieve your objective.
    • Such power can be put to use for achieving mundane objectives or spiritual advancement.
    • He cannot be expected to achieve results by dint of enthusiasm and fresh ideas alone.
    • As a result, achieving any change in society is always an uphill and often thankless task.
    • He is a progressive and modern farmer who achieves excellent results.
    • I intend to do everything within my power to make sure that we achieve these objectives.
    • It's simple, it's to the point, there's a lightness of feel to it, and it achieves results.
    • The report also said that the pupils had made good progress to achieve the test results.
    • The episode achieves its emotional effect without sentimentality and with intellectual integrity.
    • Progress in achieving the objectives varied in line with fluctuations in the world economic cycle.
    • In most cases, as long as the worker achieves set targets, they will be left to their own devices.
    • O'Neill has told his players that pretty football must be secondary to achieving the right result.
    • Sometimes the very act of trying to censor what reaches the public domain can backfire and achieves the reverse result to the one intended.
    • One of the ways the law aims to achieve these consequences is by banning certain actions.
    • Either way achieves the objective of inserting a non-stick barrier between the laminate and the release paper.
    Synonyms
    attain, reach, arrive at

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘complete successfully’): from Old French achever ‘come or bring to a head’, from a chief ‘to a head’.

 
 
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