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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·tail /ɪnˈteɪl/ verb [transitive]  1 MUSTto involve something as a necessary part or result 使必要;需要 A new computer system entails a lot of re-training. 使用新的计算机系统需要大量的再培训。 Some foreign travel is entailed in the job. 做这份工作有时要到国外出差。entail doing something The journey will entail changing trains twice. 这趟旅程要转两次火车。2. old use if you entail property, you arrange for it to be given to a specific person, usually your oldest son, when you die 遗赠〔财产〕;限定继承→ See Verb table
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entailThis was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed.I found I was expected to make progress, entailing fast driving within the speed limits on all roads.I thought you understood what this job entailed.I didn't want to take on a job that would entail a lot of travelling.The job entailed being on call twenty-four hours a day.To bring the site up to the standard necessary for the positioning of bottle and paper banks would entail greater expenditure.A text would entail its interpretation only if meaning was exhausted by sense, the coded or literal meanings studied by semantics.It does not follow that increases in crime accompanied by increased numbers of convictions necessarily entails more people being incarcerated.The leadership role entails taking the initiative in formulating, articulating, and implementing goals for the political system.Repairs would entail the closure of the bridge for six months.Every value distribution entails trade-offs between different values as well as some inequality in the distribution of benefits and burdens.entail doing somethingThe surgery entailed placing a screw into a bone in her wrist.
From Longman Business Dictionaryentailen‧tail /ɪnˈteɪl/ noun [uncountable] LAW when ownership of land and property can only pass to a certain person, especially the oldest son, when the owner diesUntil the eighteenth century aristocratic landed property was generally governed by entail, which worked to secure large estates.Origin entail (1300-1400) Anglo-French taile legal limitation, from Old French taillier to cut, limit
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entail
entail /ɪnˈteɪl/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Anglo-French
 Origin: taile 'legal limitation', from Old French taillier 'to cut, limit'
1. to involve something as a necessary part or result:
    A new computer system entails a lot of re-training.
    Some foreign travel is entailed in the job.
    entail doing something
    The journey will entail changing trains twice.
2. old use if you entail property, you arrange for it to be given to a specific person, usually your oldest son, when you die


en·tailBrE /ɪnˈteɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈteɪl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they entail BrE /ɪnˈteɪl/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈteɪl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it entails BrE /ɪnˈteɪlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈteɪlz/ 🔊past simple entailed BrE /ɪnˈteɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈteɪld/ 🔊past participle entailed BrE /ɪnˈteɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈteɪld/ 🔊 -ing form entailing BrE /ɪnˈteɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈteɪlɪŋ/ 🔊to involve sth that cannot be avoided 牵涉;需要;使必要 SYN involve ~ sth The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。🔊🔊be entailed in sth The girls learn exactly what is entailed in caring for a newborn baby. 姑娘们学的是怎样照看新生儿。🔊🔊~ (sb) doing sth It will entail driving a long distance every day. 这意味着每天都要长途开车。🔊🔊