(MW) different (a) partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality: dissimilar <could hardly be more different> —often followed by from, than, or chiefly British to <small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters> <vastly different in size than it was twenty-five years ago> <a very different situation to the … one under which we live>
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What is the meaning of entail?
1 : to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
2 a : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail : FASTEN *entailed on them indelible disgrace ?Robert Browning* b : to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status *entail him and his heirs unto the crown ?Shakespeare*
3 : to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result *the project will entail considerable expense*
zdcgre 发表于 2013-6-12 10:53
(MW) different (a) partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality: dissimilar —often followe ...
Thank you.
What is the meaning of entail?
1 : to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
2 a : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail : FASTEN *entailed on them indelible disgrace ?Robert Browning* b : to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status *entail him and his heirs unto the crown ?Shakespeare*
3 : to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result *the project will entail considerable expense*