embark

Word family nounembarkationembarkmentadjectiveembarkedembarkingverbembark

Related topics: Water

em·bark /ɪmˈbɑːk $ -ɑːrk/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1.TTWGET ON OR OFF A BUS, PLANE ETCto go onto a ship or a plane, or to put or take something onto a ship or plane (使)上船[飞机]；(使)装船[飞机] OPP disembark

2 embark on/upon something phrasal verbphr v START DOING somethingto start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting 开始，着手〔尤指新的、困难的或令人激动的事〕

He embarked on a new career as a teacher.

他开始了教书的新生涯。

Examples from the Corpus

embark on/upon • Engelbart was embarking on a crusade to augment human capabilities by applying new technologies and developing ways to interact with that technology.• In the late 1980s, the United States embarked on a major undertaking: the human genome project.• Liz was embarking on a world of wealth, with Charles Headleand.• She has a great job that takes her all over the world and lets her embark on all kinds of adventures.• Well, Jimmy was a Southern Baptist and the nation was embarked upon an epoch of fierce moral rectitude.• For optimum results: Only embark on any new exercise programme when you are not premenstrual.• He then embarked on the serious biographies which made his name.• Fascinated by photography, he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation.

—embarkation /ˌembɑːˈkeɪʃən $ -bɑːr-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

embark• A large group had assembled at the pier, waiting to embark.• Passengers will have to pay a fee at the airport where they embark.• He was rowed ashore again, and I watched as he embarked along the coast road.• Their training completed, the regiment embarked for the war zone.• High-performing enterprises seldom embark on a course of action without first evaluating all of the potential costs and benefits it might yield.• Now we were embarking on another mission which we confidently thought would add new glory to the annals of the Imperial Navy.• Both countries have embarked on serious reform.• New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.• And we have embarked on the most important and wide-ranging reforms since the 1940s.• One might embark upon a conversation and find it quite suddenly rounded off before it got under way.

From Longman Business Dictionary

embarkem·bark /ɪmˈbɑːk-ɑːrk/ verb [intransitiveI]TRAVEL

if passengers embark, they get on a ship or plane

Passengers should assemble in the lounge before embarking.

Origin embark

(1500-1600) French embarquer, from barque “ship”; → BARQUE

单词	embark
释义	embark Word family nounembarkationembarkmentadjectiveembarkedembarkingverbembark Related topics: Water em·bark /ɪmˈbɑːk $ -ɑːrk/ ●○○ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1.TTWGET ON OR OFF A BUS, PLANE ETCto go onto a ship or a plane, or to put or take something onto a ship or plane (使)上船[飞机]；(使)装船[飞机] OPP disembark 2 embark on/upon something phrasal verbphr v START DOING somethingto start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting 开始，着手〔尤指新的、困难的或令人激动的事〕 He embarked on a new career as a teacher. 他开始了教书的新生涯。 Examples from the Corpus embark on/upon • Engelbart was embarking on a crusade to augment human capabilities by applying new technologies and developing ways to interact with that technology.• In the late 1980s, the United States embarked on a major undertaking: the human genome project.• Liz was embarking on a world of wealth, with Charles Headleand.• She has a great job that takes her all over the world and lets her embark on all kinds of adventures.• Well, Jimmy was a Southern Baptist and the nation was embarked upon an epoch of fierce moral rectitude.• For optimum results: Only embark on any new exercise programme when you are not premenstrual.• He then embarked on the serious biographies which made his name.• Fascinated by photography, he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation. —embarkation /ˌembɑːˈkeɪʃən $ -bɑːr-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus embark• A large group had assembled at the pier, waiting to embark.• Passengers will have to pay a fee at the airport where they embark.• He was rowed ashore again, and I watched as he embarked along the coast road.• Their training completed, the regiment embarked for the war zone.• High-performing enterprises seldom embark on a course of action without first evaluating all of the potential costs and benefits it might yield.• Now we were embarking on another mission which we confidently thought would add new glory to the annals of the Imperial Navy.• Both countries have embarked on serious reform.• New Labour, by contrast, has embarked on the most far-reaching programme of constitutional reform attempted in this country this century.• And we have embarked on the most important and wide-ranging reforms since the 1940s.• One might embark upon a conversation and find it quite suddenly rounded off before it got under way. From Longman Business Dictionary embarkem·bark /ɪmˈbɑːk-ɑːrk/ verb [intransitiveI]TRAVEL if passengers embark, they get on a ship or plane Passengers should assemble in the lounge before embarking. Origin embark (1500-1600) French embarquer, from barque “ship”; → BARQUE
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