undertake
美音:
[´ʌndə´teık
]英音:
[´ʌndə´teık
]vt.承担,担任,许诺,保证 v.采取
难易程度:
undertake为短语/超纲词汇
词频:1695
词形变化:
动词过去式:undertook 过去分词:undertaken 现在分词:undertaking 第三人称单数:undertakes
词根
under-=under,beneath 由“在下面”“下面的”演变为“不够地”意思
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undertake
/,ʌndə'teɪk; ,ʌndɚ`tek/
v (pt undertook /- 5tUk; -`tJk/, pp undertaken / -5teIkEn; -`tekEn/) (fml 文)
1 [Tn] (start to) make oneself responsible for (sth) 承担(某事物); 负起(某事物)的责任
*undertake a mission, task, project, etc 承担使命、任务、工程项目等
* She undertook the organization of the whole scheme. 她负责整个计画的组织工作.
2 [Tf, Tt] agree or promise to do sth 同意或答应做某事
*He undertook to finish the job by Friday. 他答应在星期五以前完成那工作.
undertake
v past tenseundertook [-'tuk/
1. For it is then almost ready to undertake heavy work and can begin to earn its keep straight away. 这个年龄的象差不多已能干重活,可以很快挣回饲养它的开支。
2. Those who seek it undertake an arduous journey and can never be sure that they will find it. 那些寻求正义的人走的是一条崎岖的道路,从来没有把握他们最终将到正义。
3. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the People´s Republic (1959), the government determined in 1958 that Beijing should undertake ten major building projects and complete them in ten months. 为了庆祝中华人民共和国建国十周年(一九五九年),一九五八年,中国政府决定十个月内在北京完成十项主要建筑工程。
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