Front | embark |
---|---|
Pron | [ɪm'bɑːrk] |
Back | 【embark】 v.1.搭载 2.从事;着手 Our ship embarked passengers and wool at an Australian port. 我们的船在澳洲港口载了乘客及羊毛。 After leaving college, the young man embarked on a new business career. 那年轻人大学毕业后,从事一项新行业。 |
Vocab | embarkgo on board
When you embark on something, you are starting it — and it's exciting. You might embark on a new career or embark on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. You wouldn't embark on a trip to the grocery store. The verb embark can be used specifically to refer to boarding a ship for a journey. When used for general travel, the verb embark often implies a longer journey: "She embarked on a trip around the world." Besides, physical journeys, embark can be used to mean to start other kinds of journeys as well. You might embark on a spiritual journey or embark on the path to enlightenment. Pack well. All forms of 'embark' will appear on average once every 332 pages. disembarkation disembarkment disembark embark embarkation embarkment |
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Humiliate feel high school hjuː'mɪlieɪt v.使丢脸 boy humiliated
Previous card: Deduce person deduction dɪ'duːs v.推论 mother deduced loss
Up to card list: 刘毅突破词汇10000