obtain (something), especially with care or effort (尤指费心、费力地)取得;获得 food procured for the rebels. 为叛军谋得的食物。 [with two objs]he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket. 他说服一位朋友帮他弄了张票。 ■obtain (someone) as a prostitute for another person 为某人拉皮条;给(某人)做淫媒 men who haunted railway stations to procure young girls for immoral purposes. 在火车站出没专找年轻女郎拉皮条的男人。
[with obj. and infinitive](Law)persuade or cause (someone) to do something (律)说服;使(某人)做某事 he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account. 他说服妻子在联合账户上签了私人财产委托说明。 ■(archaic or Law)cause (something) to happen (古,律)使(某事)发生;导致 he was charged with procuring the deaths of the Earl of Lancaster and other nobles. 他被指控导致兰开斯特伯爵和其他贵族死亡。
派生 procurable adjective procurement noun 语源
Middle English: from Old French procurer, from Latin procurare 'take care of, manage', from pro- 'on behalf of' + curare 'see to'