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.

→ embark on/upon something at embark(1)

单词	embark on/upon something
释义	embark on/upon something 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. → embark on/upon something at embark(1)
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