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Entail Job   [V S Long Entailed Ing 英

英语单词 entail
英美音标 英 [ɪn'teɪl] 美 [ɪn'teɪl]
中文释义 vt.使必需;带来;限定继承
n.限定继承权
英语例句 (1) This job entails a lot of hard work.
(2) It will entail driving a long distance every day.
(3) The alteration would entail an expenditure of 50 pounds.
(4) He would have sold the property long ago had it not been entailed.
(5) You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
中文例句 (1) 这项工作需要十分努力。
(2) 这意味着每天都要长途开车。
(3) 此项改变将带来为数五十英磅的花费。
(4) 这些财产若非限定继承的话,他早就卖掉了。
(5) 你大概是说产业的继承权问题。
vocabulary简明 Entail means what something involves. "The job entailed us standing in the snow for hours dressed as giant, human hot dogs. It entailed far too much humiliation to justify the $3.55 an hour we were paid."
vocabulary扩展 The word entail is connected to the idea of preconditions. If you want something, you better figure out what it entails. If we want to see the movie at 9 o'clock, that will entail us waiting in the lobby another hour. If we want to stay out of trouble with our moms, that will entail us calling them and letting them know we're going to be later than we said.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使…必然发生;势必造成;使…成为必需 If one thing entails another, it involves it or causes it.
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  • Such a decision would entail a huge political risk...

    这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。

  • The changed outlook entails higher economic growth than was previously assumed...

    观念的改变势必会使得经济增长高于之前预计的水平。

  • The job of a choreologist entails teaching dancers the technique and performance of dance movements...

    舞谱学家的工作包括教舞蹈演员舞蹈动作的技巧和演绎。

  • I'll never accept parole because that entails me accepting guilt.

    我决不会接受假释,因为这就等于我承认自己有罪。

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