Procure
[ prə'kjʊr ]
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vt. 取得，获得;实现，完成;导致;
vi. 取得;介绍娼妓，拉皮条;
💡 词根助记
pro向前，在前+cure关心→关心在前→想要获得
📝 例句
It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
食物、燃料和其他日用必需品仍然很难得到。
🌱 联想助记
【记】pro-前缀“前”,cure-治疗:提前治疗,获得重生
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
procure
v
1 [Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (for sb) (fml 文) obtain sth, esp with care or effort; acquire 取得某事物（尤指费心或费力）; 获得
The book is out of print and difficult to procure. 那书已绝版, 很难弄到手.
Can you procure some specimens for me/procure me some specimens? 你能替我弄到一些标本吗?
He was responsible for procuring supplies for the army. 他的职责是为部队采办军需品.
2 [I, Tn, Dn.pr]
~ sb (for sb) (derog 贬) find (prostitutes) for clients 为宿娼者介绍（娼妓）; 拉皮条
He was accused of procuring women for his business associates. 他被指控为其生意合伙人招妓.
🔁 扩展释义
*[prәu'kjuә]vt. 获得, 取得, 导致vi. 拉皮条【经】 采办, 采购
📖 同为「核心」词汇
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Around the year 1600 the first horses were brought to the American continent by the Spanish.
大约在1600年的时候，西班牙人把第一批马匹带来美洲大陆。
The earliest people of New Zealand, the Maori, came from the islands of polynesia in the Pacific, which means many islands.
新西兰最早的居民，毛利人，来自太平洋的玻利尼西亚，玻利尼西的意思是许多岛屿。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。