單詞
emprise
英 [em'pra?z]
基本信息
- n. 冒險；壯舉；俠士精神
英文詞源
- emprise (n.)
- c. 1300, "chivalrous endeavor," from Old French emprise (12c.) "enterprise, venture, adventure, undertaking," from Vulgar Latin *imprensa (source of Proven?al empreza, Spanish empresa, Italian impresa), from *imprendere "to undertake," from in- (see in- (2)) + prehendere "to take" (see prehensile). Archaic in English; in French now with a literal sense "a hold, a grip."
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