procured

英 [prəˈkjʊəd]

美 [prəˈkjʊrd]

v.  (设法)获得，取得，得到; 诱使(妇女)卖淫
procure的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 努力获得；设法取得
  If youprocuresomething, especially something that is difficult to get, you obtain it.
  1. 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。
• VERB 给…拉皮条；为…介绍***
  If someoneprocuresa prostitute, they introduce the prostitute to a client.
  1. He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
     他介绍了些十六七岁的女孩给他那些有权势的朋友当情人。

双语例句

• The court may set aside the award as improperly procured.
  法院可以撤销因仲裁程序问题而不当取得的裁决。
• In 2012, the company procured US$ 20 billion worth of goods in China, contributing to China's gross domestic product and creating about one million jobs.
  2012年，该公司在中国获得了价值200亿美元的产品，对中国的国内生产总值做出了贡献，并创造了约一百万个工作岗位。
• By these means an additional two thousand million dollars were procured during the first sixteen months of the war.
  在战争的头16个月，用这种方法又获得了20亿美元。
• We procured seats at the last minute.
  最后一刻我们终于找到了座位。
• The drunkard procured his death.
  醉汉促成了他的死。
• A king's ransom would hardly have procured all that my other daughters asked for.
  即使是一个国王的赎身钱，也难以买到我的其他几个女儿所要的全部东西。
• "Did you come to tell us you have procured a carriage?"
  “你是来告诉我们马车找到了吗？”
• He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
  他介绍了些十六七岁的女孩给他那些有权势的朋友当情人。
• The volume of goods and services procured by the UN system is regularly increasing.
  由联合国采购的商品和服务数量正在一天天地增加。
• Some dreams cannot be procured through credit cards or banks.
  有一些梦想是无法通过信用卡或银行来买到的。