attain

英 [?'te?n] 美[?'ten]

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第三人稱單數:?attains;過去式:?attained;過去分詞:?attained;現在分詞:?attaining;

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前綴at-同ad-. -tain同詞根tang, 接觸，觸摸，見tangent, 相切。進入法語字母g脫落。

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.

3. The day is not far off when China will attain prosperity.: 中國的興盛是可以計日程功的.

4. Still greater efforts are needed before we can attain our goal.: 我們必須百尺竿頭,更進一步,才能達到目的.

5. For us, it's something that we may aspire to but can never attain.: 對我們來說, 那是可望而不可即的.