vt.获得；得到

vi.流行；通用；存在

He failed to obtain a scholarship. 他没有获得奖学金。

At last, their company obtained the mining concession. 他们的公司最终获得了采矿权。

Those who were penitent obtained absolution. 悔过者获得了赦免。

They obtained a loan from the government. 他们从政府那里得到一笔贷款。

Please advise us immediately after you have obtained the necessary import license. 你公司得到所需进口许可证后，请立即通知我们。

Your dress still obtains now. 你的这款套裙现在还很流行。

The custom still obtains in districts. 这种风俗在某些地区仍然流行。

The word has obtained general currency. 该词已经通用了。

These laws no longer obtain. 这些法律不再通用了。

These conditions no longer obtain. 这些条件已不复存在了。

obtain后可接双宾语表达为obtain somebody sth，指“使...得到...”。 Her work obtained her a regular incomes.她的工作使她得到了定期收入。

obtain用作及物动词时基本意思是指花费了大量的努力或经过了很久的时间后得到了心仪已久的东西。可接简单宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词for的宾语。可用于被动结构。

obtain有时也可用作不及物动词,意为“通行”“流行”,其主语常常是风俗、习惯或规则等。