entail

英 [ɪnˈteɪl]

美 [ɪnˈteɪl]

v.  牵涉; 需要; 使必要

第三人称单数：entails　过去式：entailed　过去分词：entailed　现在分词：entailing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.4558 / COCA.6162

牛津词典

verb

• 牵涉；需要；使必要
  to involve sth that cannot be avoided
  1. The job entails a lot of hard work.
     这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
  2. The girls learn exactly what is entailed in caring for a newborn baby.
     姑娘们学的正是怎样照看新生儿。
  3. It will entail driving a long distance every day.
     这意味着每天都要长途开车。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使…必然发生;势必造成；使…成为必需
  If one thingentailsanother, it involves it or causes it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of entailing property
• land received by fee tail

verb

• limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
  Synonym:fee-tail
• impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
  1. What does this move entail?
  Synonym:implicate
• have as a logical consequence
  1. The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
  Synonym:implymean

双语例句

• Could you tell me what this job would entail?
  能否告诉我这份工作都有什么要求？
• Please specify what the job will entail.
  请说明这项工作需要什么。
• But to be effective, action would entail higher taxes.
  但要想行之有效，就需要有更高的赋税。
• Molssan has devised a process of great ingenuity which does not entail the danger and expense of mine.
  穆尔森发明了一种具有独创性的制作方法，这种方法不象我的方法那么危险和昂贵。
• Reform itself could also entail adjustment costs in the transition, with some short run impact on growth.
  改革本身也可能带来过渡期间的调整成本，对经济增长产生某些短期影响。
• These acts entail a variety of legal obligations and requirements.
  这些法案规定了不同的法律义务与要求。
• Or does it entail sitting down with a pattern cutter and designing?
  或者是需要坐下来与裁剪师和设计师讨论吗？
• Yet even such a crisis would not entail dissolution of the monetary union.
  但即使这样一场危机也不一定导致欧洲货币联盟的解体。
• All future payments entail negative values.
  所有将来的支付项都是负值。
• It would also, almost certainly, entail a jump in long-term interest rates.
  另外，几乎可以肯定地说，这还需要提高长期利率。