The invention provides application of acyl amino polycarboxylic acid/hydroximic acid like compound in mineral flotation. A structural formula of the acyl amino polycarboxylic acid/hydroximic acid likecompound is shown as a formula (I); (shown in the description) wherein R in the formula (I) represents aliphatic hydrocarbyl of C<6>-C<18>, n=1-3, and M1, M2, M3 and M4 are separately selected from one or several of -OH, -ON, -OK, -NHOH, -NHON or -NHOK. And n<1>=1-3, n<2>=1-3, and n<3>=1-3. The acyl amino polycarboxylic acid/hydroximic acid like compound is used as a collecting agent to enhance the chelation and recognition action on metal oxidized ores, facilitate ordered arrangement of the collecting agent on the mineral surface, effective flotation recovery is carried out on tungstenores, rare earth ores, tin ores, lithium ores, phosphorus ores, manganese oxide ores, cooper oxide ores, fluorites or titanium iron ores, the acyl amino polycarboxylic acid/hydroximic acid collectingagent has the advantages of high collecting capacity, high selectivity, low ton ore use amounts and the like, and is especially suitable for processing difficultly selected fine grain ores.