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单词 emprise
释义 em·prise
\emˈprīz\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from feminine of empris, past participle of emprendre to undertake, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin imprehendere, from Latin im- in- (II) + prehendere to seize — more at get
1. : undertaking, enterprise
 < when a nation of men starts making literature it invariably starts on the difficult emprise of verse, and goes on to prose as by an afterthought — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
especially : adventurous, daring, or chivalric enterprise
 < the deep-breathed glory of high emprise — S.E.White >
2. : an instance of especially adventurous or daring emprise
 < in a high emprise that to the rest of us is at once a challenge and a solace — R.M.Neal >
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