mindmap root((达到)) reach may be used with reference to anything arrived at by any degree of effort: after a long climb we ~ed the top of the hill. gain is likely to imply a struggle to reach a contemplated or desired goal or end: ~ed a measure of self-confidence from the experience. compass implies the exerting of efforts to get around difficulties and transcend limitation, and often connotes skill or craft in management: an actress taking on the most difficult role that her skill could ~. achieve can stress the skill or endurance as well as the effort involved in reaching an end : ~d the success that was her due. attain stresses the spur of aspiration or ambition and suggests a reaching for the extreme, the unusual, or the difficult: vowed not to relax his efforts until peace was ~ed.