| 单词 | entail |
| 释义 | entail (ɪnteɪl ) Word forms: entails , entailing , entailed verb If one thing entails another, it involves it or causes it. [formal] Such a decision would entail a huge political risk. [VERB noun] The changed outlook entails higher economic growth than was previously assumed. [VERB noun] The job of a choreologist entails teaching the performance of dance movements. [V -ing] I'll never accept parole because that entails me accepting guilt. [VERB noun verb-ing] Synonyms: involve, require, cause, produce Collocations: entail a loss Does celebrity entail a loss of dignity? Times, Sunday Times He suggests that this loss 'may entail the loss of the distinctively human'. The Times Literary Supplement Even those who had the chance to get abroad could not bring themselves to do so, when this would entail the loss of employment, property, family, motherland. Times, Sunday Times Even though price rigidities entail a loss of productive efficiency, this can be more than offset by a gain of efficiency in risk-sharing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sale and leaseback also entails a loss of flexibility. Times, Sunday Times This may entail the use of a pre-dam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The use of certain words may, for a particular author, idiosyncratically entail the use of other, predictable words. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These techniques, for the most part, entailed the use of machines or contraptions - prime among them the camera lucida - in the production of images. The Times Literary Supplement The first substantive proposal for the wall has emerged, entailing the use of a 2006 law to give the future president the authority to build it. Times, Sunday Times Additionally, saxophonics often entails the use of altissimo, overtones, growling, and other extended techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 牵连 Japanese: 引き起こす |
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