on board

Word family

ˈon-board adjectiveadj [only before noun]

carried on a ship, plane, car etc 舰载的；机载的；车载的

an on-board computer

机载电脑

Examples from the Corpus

on board• A light plane with four people on board crashed last night.

on boardn

There are 12 children on board the ship.

b) involved with something or working for an organization

Supporters of the treaty say that it will be necessary to have the United States on board.

He came on board in the late sixties and spent two decades with the agency.

Examples from the Corpus

on-board• Manufactured by Austin House, these little gizmos are designed to help adjust on-board air pressure to the eardrums.• It also serves as an on-board computer to monitor a variety of automotive functions.• An on-board computer would constantly monitor approaching obstacles.• In the seat pocket was a route guide that listed on-board entertainment and points of interest along the way.• The cells will drive electric motors and use on-board hydrogen gas as fuel.• Here the Doctor uses the on-board laboratory to make a non-functioning facsimile of the Tarranium Core.• Working on a tight budget, we opted for more on-board memory at the expense of a large capacity harddisk.• The promised on-board processing did not exist, however.

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a) TTWTTAon a ship, plane, or spacecraft 在船上；在飞机上；在宇宙飞船上 SYN aboard

There are 12 children on board the ship.

船上有12名儿童。

b) involved with something or working for an organization 卷入；加入，进入〔某机构工作〕

Supporters of the treaty say that it will be necessary to have the United States on board.

这个条约的支持者说有必要让美国加进来。

He came on board in the late sixties and spent two decades with the agency.

他于60年代末加入，在这个机构里干了20年。

Examples from the Corpus

on board• A light plane with four people on board crashed last night.

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