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Embark Trip Start Career Verb Journey 动词   [V

英语单词 embark
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.
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[VERB 动词]着手;开始做 If you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it.
  [V on/upon n]
  • He's embarking on a new career as a writer...

    他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。

  • The government embarked on a programme of radical economic reform.

    政府开始实施一项彻底的经济改革计划。

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[VERB 动词]登(船);上(船) When someone embarks on a ship, they go on board before the start of a journey.
  [V on n]
  [V]
  • They travelled to Portsmouth, where they embarked on the battle cruiser HMS Renown...

    他们行至朴次茅斯,在那里登上了英国皇家海军“声望号”战列巡洋舰。

  • Bob ordered brigade HQ to embark.

    鲍勃命令旅指挥部登船。

embarkation
  • Embarkation was scheduled for just after 4 pm.

    计划下午4点一过即登船。

来源 2011.5

Tags: 单词::2011

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