| 单词 | procure |
| 释义 | pro·cure transitive verb 1. a. (1) < procuring extra equipment and supplies — H.G.Armstrong > especially < it fell to my lot … to scurry around and procure manuscripts — A.W.Long > and sometimes by devious means < procured enormous wealth by such dealings > (2) < the judicial qualities he developed … procured for him universal confidence and respect — H.W.H.Knott > b. 2. a. (1) < procured temporary agreement > : achieve < failed to procure a coherent theory — Joseph Conrad > especially < had procured the enactment of a more complete system of defense laws — F.L.Paxson > < procuring the release of a man in jail — Peggy Durdin > and sometimes by devious means < on trial for procuring perjury — Time > (2) < procured the downfall of the government > < did not hesitate to procure murder — Will Irwin & T.M.Johnson > b. archaic < intended by one who procures another to be indicted — O.W.Holmes †1935 > 3. a. < procuring a witness to commit perjury > b. obsolete < what unaccustomed cause procures her hither — Shakespeare > intransitive verb < arrested on charges of procuring — Joachim Joesten > Synonyms: see get |
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