undertake

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vt. 试图, 从事, 保证, 承担, 同意, 接受 [化] 承包; 承担

发音

UK /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/
其它
CA /ˌʌndɚˈteɪk/
US /ˌʌndɚˈteɪk/
AU /ˌɐndəˈtæɪk/
NZ /ˌɐndəˈtæɪk/

词形变化

undertakes 复数 undertaked undertaken undertakes 三单 undertakes undertakest undertaketh undertaking undertook undertaking 现在分词 undertook 过去式 undertaken 过去式 undertaken 过去分词

别名

undirtake

教材释义与例句

动词

承担,保证;从事;同意;试图

to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it

He undertook to pay the money back in six months.

他保证在六个月之内还钱。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.

    非正式
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  1. 1.

    To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

    进行

    及物
  2. 2.

    To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).

    不及物

    He undertook to exercise more in future.

  3. 3.

    To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.

    非正式
  4. 4.

    To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.

    古体 不及物
  5. 5.

    To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To assume, as a character; to take on.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.

    废旧
  8. 8.

    To have knowledge of; to hear.

    废旧
  9. 9.

    To have or take charge of.

    废旧

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).

来源:wiktionary