obtain: [15] Obtain is one of the large family of English words (attain, contain, continue, tenor, etc) that come ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. In this case its source, by way of Old French obtenir, was Latin obtinēre, a compound formed with the intensive prefix ob-, which denoted both ‘get possession of’ and ‘prevail, be established’. => attain, contain, continue, tenor
obtain (v.)
early 15c., from Middle French obtenir "acquire, obtain" (14c.), from Latin obtinere "hold, hold fast, take hold of, get possession of, acquire," from ob "to" (though perhaps intensive in this case; see ob-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Obtained; obtaining.
例文
1. Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change.
大規模な直接行動を取ってこそ、このような変化が得られる。
2.Gregory 'sfather had implanted in him an ambition to obtain an education.
グレゴリーの父親は、教育を受けることへの志を早くから植えつけていた。
3.Offshoring provides an opportunity to obtain I.T.services at low cost.
オフショアアウトソーシングは、低コストで情報技術サービスを得る機会を提供します。
4.I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose.
私は簡単に私の気に入ったものを得ることができます。
5.To obtain her degree,she answered 81 questions over 10 papers.