project

英 ['pr?d?ekt] 美[?pr?d??kt]

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復數:?projects;第三人稱單數:?projects;過去式:?projected;過去分詞:?projected;現在分詞:?projecting;

project 投射，伸出，投影，預測，規劃，方案，工程

來自pro-,向前，朝向，-ject,投擲，扔，詞源同abject,conjecture.引申諸相詞義。

project (n.): c. 1400, "a plan, draft, scheme," from Latin proiectum "something thrown forth," noun use of neuter of proiectus, past participle of proicere "stretch out, throw forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + combining form of iacere (past participle iactus) "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

Meaning "scheme, proposal, mental plan" is from c. 1600. Meaning "group of low-rent apartment buildings" first recorded 1935, American English, short for housing project (1932). Related: Projects. Project manager attested from 1913.
project (v.): late 15c., "to plan," from Latin proiectus, past participle of proicere (see project (n.)). Sense of "to stick out" is from 1718. Meaning "to cast an image on a screen" is recorded from 1865. Psychoanalytical sense, "attribute to another (unconsciously)" is from 1895 (implied in a use of projective). Meaning "convey to others by one's manner" is recorded by 1955. Related: Projected; projecting.

1. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.: 皮爾斯先生的一個前合伙人是這個計劃的熱心支持者之一。

2. The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.: 該項目的總成本會超過2.4億美元。

3. The Channel Tunnel project is the biggest civil engineering project in Europe.: 英吉利海峽隧道是歐洲最大的土木工程。

4. The Ariane space-rocket project has had a shining success.: 阿里安航天火箭項目取得了輝煌的成功。