Vocabulary

enterprise, commensurable, tantamount, paramount,

Korean 마스크맨 2015. 8. 28. 01:02

enterprise: 기업, 회사, 대규모 사업 , 


: a project or activity that involves many people and that is often 

difficult

: a business organization

: the ability or desire to do dangerous or difficult things or to solve

 

problems in new ways => (호감) 진취성, 기획력.


Moving the drilling rig offshore was a costly enterprise.


Agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people.


When he purchased the company it was a thriving commercial enterprise.


He was criticized for his lack of enterprise in dealing with the crisis.


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commensurate: 

~ (with sth) (격식) (크기・중요도・자질 등에) 어울리는[상응하는]

equal or similar to something in size, amount, or degree


Her new position came with a commensurate level of responsibility


<was given a job commensurate with her abilities and experience>


… athletes are rewarded commensurate with their fame, 

not their intrinsic talent …


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tantamount: ~ to sth (격식) (나쁜 효과가) ~와 마찬가지의.

     

 equal to something in value, meaning, or effect.


His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.


They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.


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paramount: 다른 무엇보다[가장] 중요한, (지위・권력이) 최고의


very important : of highest rank or importance


<the paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy>


<maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of paramount importance>