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embark on

【英英释义】

v. if you embark on something new, difficult, or exciting, you start doing it. 着手，开始做 V on/upon n

when someone embark on a ship,they go on board before the start of a journey. 登船，上船 V on n  /  V

to start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult and will take time.

【词义深度解析】

embark on 是一个短语动词，表示“开始做”，我们在一些语境中可以替换start，begin这些表示开始的单词。相比start，embark on更有画面感，因为它的本意为“登船”，像是要开始一场期待已久的漫长旅途。后面常接表示旅途、冒险类的名词，也常接表示关系、计划、项目、职业的词。

【例句学习】

1. A team of ordinary people embark on a mission to save Earth.

2. On Chinese New Year's day, let's embark on the jounery to save the Earth.

3. After graduation, I embarked on a master's degree at Beijing Film Academy. 毕业后，我就去北京电影学院读硕士学位。

4. The prime minister has embarked on a campaign against Israel's new public broadcasting corporation. 首相着手发起一场对抗以色列新成立的公共广播公司的运动。

5. When Vietnam（越南） and China embarked on reforms they were both young countries, with median ages of about 20. 越南和中国开始进行改革时都说年轻的国家，平均年龄约为20。

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：他即将开始新的职业生涯，做一位硬核说唱歌手。

He is about to embark on a new career as a hardcore rapper. （自己）

第一次和参考翻译用词一模一样，开心。

2.生活场景应用

He has embarked on a new project that he will make his effort to prepare for the application for studying abroad.