Entail
英 [ɪn'teɪl] 美 [ɪn'teɪl]
vt.使必需；带来；限定继承 n.限定继承权
◉词源
“Entail”源自中古英语“entailen”，由古法语“entaillier”衍生，意为“切割”或“限定”。它结合了“en-”（使）和“taillier”（切割，来自拉丁语“taliare”）。在14世纪，英语中“entail”最初指法律上限定遗产的继承权（地产只能传给特定继承人）。现代英语中，“entail”作为动词，泛指“涉及”或“需要”，强调某行动或情况必然带来的后果或要求。
◉外刊例句
① The Economist, June 17, 2023
Addressing climate change entails significant economic restructuring.
应对气候变化需要重大的经济结构调整。
② The New York Times, August 20, 2024
The new policy entails stricter regulations for tech companies.
新政策为科技公司带来了更严格的监管要求。
◉经典名著
① 《Pride and Prejudice》by Jane Austen (1813)
The estate was entailed to a male heir, leaving the Bennet sisters vulnerable.
庄园被限定由男性继承人继承，这让班内特姐妹处境脆弱。
② 《Middlemarch》by George Eliot (1871-1872)
His ambition entailed sacrifices that he had not foreseen.
他的雄心带来了他未曾预见的牺牲。
◉Usage Examples
(1) This job entails a lot of hard work.
(2) It will entail driving a long distance every day.
(3) The alteration would entail an expenditure of 50 pounds.
(4) He would have sold the property long ago had it not been entailed.
(5) You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
(1) 这项工作需要十分努力。
(2) 这意味着每天都要长途开车。
(3) 此项改变将带来为数五十英磅的花费。
(4) 这些财产若非限定继承的话，他早就卖掉了。
(5) 你大概是说产业的继承权问题。
◉Usage Notes
Entail means what something involves. "The job entailed us standing in the snow for hours dressed as giant, human hot dogs. It entailed far too much humiliation to justify the $3.55 an hour we were paid."
The word entail is connected to the idea of preconditions. If you want something, you better figure out what it entails. If we want to see the movie at 9 o'clock, that will entail us waiting in the lobby another hour. If we want to stay out of trouble with our moms, that will entail us calling them and letting them know we're going to be later than we said.
◉Collins
1[VERB 动词]使…必然发生；势必造成；使…成为必需 If one thing entails another, it involves it or causes it. [V n] [V -ing] [V n -ing] [FORMAL 正式]
① Such a decision would entail a huge political risk...
这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
② The changed outlook entails higher economic growth than was previously assumed...
观念的改变势必会使得经济增长高于之前预计的水平。
③ The job of a choreologist entails teaching dancers the technique and performance of dance movements...
舞谱学家的工作包括教舞蹈演员舞蹈动作的技巧和演绎。
④ I'll never accept parole because that entails me accepting guilt.
我决不会接受假释，因为这就等于我承认自己有罪。
