• vi. 設計；計劃；表達；投射
• vt. 設計；計劃；發射；放映
• n. 工程；計劃；事業

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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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5. The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.

銀行有能力讓該工程終止。

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