acquihire英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An acquisition of a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services. slang

— Then, in August, they bought Push Pop press, which was seen as an acquihire of designers Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas, who designed several of key pieces of the iPhone interface.

动词 v.

To acquire a company, in particular a small startup, to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services. slang,transitive

— “Tarek was an acquihired founder like you. He turned out to be so awesome, I made him co-head of one of Phluttr's biggest projects! But that's rare. I usually look to guys like you and him to start something new. You're entrepreneurs, after all![…]”

词形变化

acquihires present,singular,third-person acquihiring participle,present acquihired participle,past acquihired past acqhire alternative acq-hire alternative acquhire alternative acqu-hire alternative acqui-hire alternative acquihires plural acqhire alternative acq-hire alternative acquhire alternative acqu-hire alternative acqui-hire alternative

词源

词源 1

Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.

词源 2

Coined by Rex Hammock in 2005 as acqhire, blend of acquire + hire, in reference to acquisition of Dodgeball.com by Google. Hammock subsequently worked to popularize the word. Spelling inconsistent, particularly to difficulty in pronunciation (/ak-hire/), leading to longer variants.