attain

• vt. 达到，实现；获得；到达
• vi. 达到；获得；到达
• n. 成就

1. to gain with effort;

"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

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"

3. find unexpectedly;

"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"

"she struck a goldmine"

"The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

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"

attain, reach, achieve, arrive

这些动词均有"达到"之意。

attain：侧重指在抱负或雄心的激励下，以最大的努力去达到一般所不及或不敢追求的目的。

reach：常用词，指到达某一空间、时间、目标或发展过程中的某一点。

achieve：侧重为达到目的所需的技巧、忍耐和努力。

arrive：指得出结论，达成某项协议或作出某一决定等。

Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them,' Doctor Snyder said.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

But they can attain more distant orbits; NASA plans for most of its future Earth-escaping payloads to the moon and Mars especially to carry CubeSats.

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The cheetah can attain speeds of up to 97 kph.

猎豹的奔跑速度每小时可达97公里。

牛津词典

Most of our students attained five ‘A ’ grades in their exams.

我们多数学生的考试成绩是五个优。

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Jim is halfway to attaining his pilot's licence.

吉姆就快要拿到飞行员执照了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...attaining a state of calmness and confidence.

达到镇定自若、信心十足的状态

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If there is one thing one always yearn for and sometime attain, it is human love!

如果有一件人可以永远渴望,而且有时能够得到的东西, 那就是人类的爱!

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The day is not far off when China will attain prosperity.

中国的兴盛是可以计日程功的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Do not attempt to modify this fork to attain ignition timing.

决不要试图变更阀叉以获得点火正时.

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Make your appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.

如果你让老板显得更聪明,你会更有影响力.

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The best flavor is mildness and mellowness, but is most difficult for a writer to attain.

平淡最醇最可爱, 而最难.

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He can now attain only by offering proof that it is directly relevant to social welfare.

现在只有提出证据这种特权与社会福利直接有关,他才能得到.

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The borosilicate glass polished 300 s, and then can attain perfect polishing result.

1250℃硼硅酸盐玻璃抛光300s, 就可以达到理想的抛光效果.

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Attain a flow thru the body rhythm in your drawing.

在你绘画的动作节奏中,获得节奏的起伏.

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It is impossible for the working class to attain liberation without large numbers of such cadres.

没有一大批这样的干部,工人阶级要求得解放是不可能的.

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Attain system requirements of quality, environment, safety.

符合质量 、 环境 、 安全三大体系的要求.

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A French aeronaut, M. Meunier , tried to attain his end by compressing air in an interior receptacle.

法国航空家摩尼叶曾经想把空气压送到气球里来达到这个目的.

辞典例句

For us, it's something that we may aspire to but can never attain.

对我们来说, 那是可望而不可即的.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

New administrative measures are perceived as means to attain efficiency and effectiveness.

有关行政的新措施是为达至效率和效能而实施的.

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The comrades surely want to know how long it will be before we can attain victory.

同志们一定要问,多久才能胜利呢?

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We shall attain whatever goal we set in our mind.

我们心想什么目标,我们将会得到那个目标.

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I don't have handsome features, so I can't attain others'love.

我没有那样的外表, 可以博得别人对我的爱慕.

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Through practice of a few years, purse net raises crab technology day attain mature.

经过几年的实践, 围网养蟹技术日臻成熟.

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I want to insist try! I have confidence to attain very good.

我想坚持试试! 我有信心可以做到很好.

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Sincerely desire we have good cooperation so as to attain mutual grand prospect.

希望我们能与您共同携手,开拓更美好的未来.

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Still greater efforts are needed before we can attain our goal.

我们必须百尺竿头,更进一步,才能达到目的.

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The solder wire should attain the standard provision deflection and pitch by straightening.

焊丝经校直应达到标准规定的挺度和翘距.

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He can endure any hardships or sufferings while striving to attain his chosen objective.

他能够忍受一切艰难、痛苦,而达到他所选定的目标.

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In order to attain more precise result, the effect of contact surface must be considered.

进行飞行器结构分析时,为了得到更为精确的分析结果, 必须考虑连接面接触的影响.

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前缀at-同ad-. -tain同词根tang, 接触，触摸，见tangent, 相切。进入法语字母g脱落。

1. Top-ranking sumo wrestlers attain superstar status.

顶尖的相扑选手可获得超级明星的地位。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The cheetah can attain speeds of up to 97 kph.

猎豹的奔跑速度每小时可达97公里.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The day is not far off when China will attain prosperity.

中国的兴盛是可以计日程功的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Still greater efforts are needed before we can attain our goal.

我们必须百尺竿头,更进一步,才能达到目的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. For us, it's something that we may aspire to but can never attain.

对我们来说, 那是可望而不可即的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

attain

attain: [14] Unlike contain, maintain, obtain, and the rest of a very long list of English words ending in -tain, attain does not come from Latin tenēre ‘_hold’. Its source is Latin tangere ‘touch’ (as in English tangible and tangent). The addition of the prefix ad- ‘to’ produced attingere ‘reach’, which passed via Vulgar Latin *attangere and Old French ataindre into English.
=> tangent, tangible

attain (v.)

c. 1300, "to succeed in reaching," from ataign-, stem of Old French ataindre (11c., Modern French atteindre) "to come up to, reach, attain, endeavor, strive," from Vulgar Latin *attangere, corresponding to Latin attingere "to touch, to arrive at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Latin attingere had a wide range of meanings, including "to attack, to strike, to appropriate, to manage," all somehow suggested by the literal sense "to touch." Related: Attained; attaining.