procured

Somehow he had procured us an invitation.

他设法给我们弄到一张请帖。

Driving fast procured the accident.

开飞车导致这场事故。

His pride procured his downfall.

他骄傲使他垮台。

Try to procure us some specimens of the polluted water from the river.

请设法给我们从河里搞一些被污染河水标本来。

Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.

无偿付能力房客，公然反抗收缴他们八居室要塞水费办事员，尽管看不出他们有什么办法获得这种生活所必需液体，可他们已生存好几个礼拜。