procure

英 [prəˈkjʊə(r)]

美 [prəˈkjʊr]

v.  (设法)获得，取得，得到; 诱使(妇女)卖淫

现在分词：procuring　过去分词：procured　过去式：procured　第三人称单数：procures　复数：procures　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.9906 / COCA.13308

牛津词典

verb

• （设法）获得，取得，得到
  to obtain sth, especially with difficulty
  1. She managed to procure a ticket for the concert.
     她好不容易弄到一张音乐会入场券。
  2. They procured us a copy of the report.
     他们给我们弄到了一份报告。
  3. They procured a copy of the report for us.
     他们为我们弄到了一份报告。
• 诱使（妇女）卖淫
  to provide a prostitute for sb
  1. He was accused of procuring under-age girls.
     他被控唆使未成年女性卖淫。

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…介绍妓女
  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。

英英释义

verb

• arrange for sexual partners for others
  Synonym:panderpimp
• get by special effort
  1. He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
  Synonym:secure

双语例句

• You do not have to procure other resources on which to store these artifacts.
  您不必获取其他资源来存储这些工件。
• The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.
  他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。
• WHO has focused on enabling the in-country health groups to procure these items themselves.
  世界卫生组织注重使本国卫生团体能自行采购这些项目。
• There you can procure the auxiliary fee that you owe me.
  你在那里可以取得你亏欠了我的额外酬金。
• To procure, control and distribute technical information, specifications and standards necessary for the business to function.
  获得，控制和分发必要的技术资料，规格和标准以使业务顺利运作。
• They know how to market, recruit, procure, research, analyse and facilitate using computing power.
  他们知道如何使用计算机进行销售、招聘、采购、研究、分析和促进便利。
• Barbara Ayers says special federal government programs offered to small female-owned companies have helped her procure government contracts.
  芭芭拉艾尔斯说联邦政府为扶持女性持有的小型企业出台了一些特殊计划，而这些计划帮助她获取到了政府合同。
• 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。
• It's difficult to procure servers later.
  要在以后采购服务器可能会比较困难。
• 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。