attain  /ət'en/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  attain
  (vt.)達到,完成;到達(vi.)到達

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Attain \At*tain"\, v. i.
     1. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or
        efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
  
              If by any means they might attain to Phenice. --Acts
                                                    xxvii. 12.
  
              Nor nearer might the dogs attain.     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
              To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber.
                                                    --Cowper.
  
              Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as
              this.                                 --J. R. Green.
  
     2. To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
  
              Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
              I can not attain unto it.             --Ps. cxxxix.
                                                    6.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Attain \At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Attained} (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Attaining}.] [Of.
     atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
     atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
     See {Tangent}, and cf. {Attinge}, {Attaint}.]
     1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
        gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
  
              Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
              means?                                --Abp.
                                                    Tillotson.
  
     2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
        material object.] --Chaucer.
  
     3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
  
              Not well attaining his meaning.       --Fuller.
  
     4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
        at. ``Canaan he now attains.'' --Milton.
  
     5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
  
     6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
  
     Syn: To {Attain}, {Obtain}, {Procure}.
  
     Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
            Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
            which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
            We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
            we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
            such means.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Attain \At*tain"\, n.
     Attainment. [Obs.]

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  attain
       v 1: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
            setbacks" [syn: {achieve}, {accomplish}, {reach}]
       2: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The
          thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed
          of 140 miles per hour" [syn: {reach}, {hit}]
       3: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
          tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck
          the main path to the lake" [syn: {fall upon}, {strike}, {come
          upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance
          on}, {happen upon}, {discover}]
       4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit
          Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We
          barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC
          machine before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {make},
          {hit}, {arrive at}, {gain}]