1. 获得；购得
    If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.

    e.g. General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
           通用汽车公司以大约4亿美元的价格购得了萨博汽车公司50%的股份。
    e.g. I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
           最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。

2. 获得（技能）；养成（习惯）
    If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.

acquire的解释

    e.g. I've never acquired a taste for wine...
           我一向喝不惯葡萄酒。
    e.g. Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
           读完此书，她便能将从书中所得传授给实习教师。

3. 获得，得到（某种名声）
    If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.

    e.g. He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
           他已经赢得了该国首席小提琴独奏家的名誉。

4. 后天养成的爱好;培养出来的兴趣
    If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.

    e.g. Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
           要慢慢适应才能吃得惯蚕豆。
    e.g. Living alone is an acquired taste.
           独处是一种修得的境界。