英语单词 | embark |
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英美音标 | [im'ba:k] |
中文释义 | v.上船,上飞机,着手,从事,装于船上,登上 |
vocab简明 | 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. |
vocab扩展 | 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. |
真题原句 | Although more than half of Harvard undergraduates end up in law, medicine or business, future doctors and lawyers must study a non-specialist liberal-arts degree before embarking on a professional qualification. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]着手;开始做 If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. [V
2 [VERB 动词]登(船);上(船) When someone embarks on a ship, they go on board before the start of a journey. [V [V]
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来源 | 2011.5 |
Tags: 单词::2011
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