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procurement

/proh-kyoor-muhnt, pruh‐/US // proʊˈkyʊər mənt, prə‐ //UK // (prəˈkjʊəmənt) //

采购,购置,购置物品

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
    • : the act of obtaining equipment, materials, or supplies: The secretary of defense argued in favor of increasing the budget for procurement.

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Examples

  • Barry Parkin is chief sustainability and procurement officer at Mars.

  • “We have cleaned up our act,” said Barry Parkin, chief procurement and sustainability officer at Mars.

  • Yet, it could have been much larger had Kenya not pulled out of the project back in 2015 over alleged procurement irregularities in the awarding of software contracts.

  • “If the business is hit hard then there will be logical cuts to the budget and with that also likely a shift in scope with an underlying need for savings,” said a marketing procurement director at a pharmaceutical company who asked not to be named.

  • We also don’t know which police departments have facial recognition technology, because it’s common for police to obscure their procurement process.

  • Procurement budgets for weapon systems and operational-cost accounts are separated by a near-unbreachable wall.

  • I mean, it shouldn't be sloppy work; it shouldn't be bad procurement process.

  • Weak oversight, inadequate contractors and flawed procurement procedures are potential trouble spots, he said in an interview.

  • Junk leaves no room for family, jobs, or relationships other than those organized around the procurement and enjoyment of junk.

  • At Pentagon procurement prices, the cost of switching the stationery alone would be astronomical.

  • Accessibility to such chemicals and procurement of such chemicals usually lead to a search.

  • Difficulties of the usual kind arose as to the procurement of a suitable site.

  • The gentlemen that remained in prisons were, by the procurement of the Queen-Dowager, set at liberty in the month of July 1550.

  • By her consent and procurement, the preaching stools in the Kirk of Leith were broken, and idolatry was re-erected there.

  • From this I was reft by the tyranny of France, by procurement of the bishops, as ye all know well enough.