揽

• 拼音: lǎn
• 汉字拆解: 揽 = 扌(hand) + 览 (view, phonetic) — to embrace/take on

含义

To take on; to embrace; to gather. Taking something into one's arms or responsibility.

Can mean physically embracing, taking on tasks or responsibilities, or attracting (customers, business). Also used in the idiom 大包大揽 (to take on everything oneself).

例句

1. 他一个人揽下了所有的工作。
2. 公司想方设法揽客户。
3. 别什么事都往自己身上揽。

用法指南

语境: work, business, responsibility

语气: assertive

正确说法

• 这活儿我揽了。(I'll take on this job.)
• 他喜欢揽功推过。(He likes to claim credit and push blame.)

错误说法

• 把揽和抱混淆。(揽 implies taking responsibility or embracing abstractly; 抱 is physical holding)

起源与历史

Pictophonetic character. 扌(hand) indicates action; 览 (view/survey) provides the sound. Taking in with one's hands.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal