Entail

(noun.) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.

(noun.) land received by fee tail.

(verb.) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; 'What does this move entail?'.

(verb.) have as a logical consequence; 'The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers'.

录入:基思

• He was eager that I should break the entail, and he was of opinion that it lay in my power to do so. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• But I can cut off the entail, you know. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But when the entail was touched on in the usual way, he said, My dear sir, it is not for me to dictate to you, but for my part I would let that alone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Important changes in the embryo or larva will probably entail changes in the mature animal. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Jane and Elizabeth tried to explain to her the nature of an entail. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• You allude, perhaps, to the entail of this estate. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• But we have already seen how it entails extinction; and how largely extinction has acted in the world's history, geology plainly declares. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The imagination is more vivid: the horror of capitalism is not alone in the poverty and suffering it entails, but in its ruthless denial of life to millions of men. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The miseries it entails are genuine miseries--not points of etiquette or infringements of convention. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• When great landed estates were a sort of principalities, entails might not be unreasonable. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This process of puddling lasted for about an hour and a half and entailed extremely severe labour on the workman. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Such estates go all to one person, and are in effect entailed and unalienable. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Old Lord Ingram's estates were chiefly entailed, and the eldest son came in for everything almost. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• How fearful were the curses those propensities entailed on me! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There is no knowing how estates will go when once they come to be entailed. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Slight exertion at this time left me overcome with fatigue--sleepless nights entailed languid days. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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