undertake

英 [ˌʌndə'teɪk] 美 [ˌʌndər'teɪk]

• v. 承担；从事；保证；答应

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 担任,承揽

   make oneself responsible for

2. vt. 着手,开始

   start (a piece of work)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 从事
2. 保证，担保
3. 做证人
4. 应承，承办
5. 承办丧事，承办丧葬事宜
6. 断言
7. 承担，承揽
8. 同意，答应
9. 接受
10. 进行
11. 试图
12. 着手做，开始
13. 担任
14. 负责（与for连用）
15. 承诺，允诺，约定，许诺

英英释义

Verb:

1. enter upon an activity or enterprise

2. accept as a challenge;

   "I'll tackle this difficult task"
   

3. promise to do or accomplish;

   "guarantee to free the prisoners"
   

4. enter into a contractual arrangement

5. accept as a charge

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We could undertake the work for the time being.
   我们可暂时承担这项工作。
2. We shall undertake the construction of this bridge.
   我们将负责这座桥的修建工程。
3. Whatever I may undertake in the coming years, I don't need your help.
   未来无论我从事什么,我都不需要你的帮助。
4. I can not undertake that you will make a profit.
   我不能保证你会获利。
5. He undertook to finish the job by Friday.
   他答应星期五之前完成这项工作。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I want you to undertake all the arrangements.
   我要你承担所有的责任。
2. She undertook responsibility for the changes.
   她对这些变化承担了责任。
3. Who will undertake the job of decorating the auditorium?
   谁来负责装饰礼堂的工作?
4. I'll leave you to undertake an important mission.
   我要让你承担一项重要使命。
5. The lawyer undertook the case.
   该律师承办这个案子。
6. Only he could undertake this arduous task.
   只有他才能承担这项艰巨的任务。
7. He undertook the leadership of the team.
   他担任了这个队的领导。
8. They have undertaken many scientific experiments.
   他们做了许多科学实验。
9. We can't undertake the work for the time being.
   我们暂时不能开始这项工作。
10. Their team will undertake exploration for oil.
    他们队将着手进行石油勘探工作。
11. At first we could only undertake repair jobs.
    开始时,我们只能干修理活。
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12. Most projects are undertaken by the young engineer on his own.
    大部分工程都是这位年轻的工程师自己负责进行的。

S+～+to- v

1. If the equipment is not up to the agreed specifications and quality, we will undertake to replace it.
   如果设备达不到议定的规格质量,我们将负责调换。
2. Next he undertook to pay off the debts.
   然后,他负责偿还债务。
3. We cannot undertake to do that.
   我们不能担保做那件事。
4. He undertook to finish the job by Friday.
   他答应在星期五以前完成那项工作。
5. Will you undertake to let him know what has happened?
   你答应把发生的事情告诉他吗?

S+～+that-clause

1. I will undertake that you shall be happy.
   我保你会幸福。
2. I can undertake that you will enjoy the play.
   我保证你会喜欢这个剧。
3. The sponsors undertake that the proposal meets all the legal requirements.
   倡议者担保这项提案符合一切法律要求。
4. We can't undertake that you will make a profit.
   我们不能保证你会获利。
5. I cannot undertake that I shall finish in time.
   我不能保证及时完成。
6. I can't undertake that you will win the game.
   我不能担保你在比赛中获胜。

经典引文

• If one undertook marriage and fatherhood, one's first responsibilities lay there.

  出自： E. J. Howard

• I undertook to take Junkin to call on Talbert.

  出自： J. I. M. Stewart

• Although he was a carver rather than a sculptor, he did undertake..commissions for funerary monuments.

  出自：Literary Review

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• undertake arrangement 承担责任
• undertake duty 承担义务
• undertake job 承担工作
• undertake leader 担任领导
• undertake mission 承担使命
• undertake a post 担任职务
• undertake task 承担任务
• undertake analysis 进行分析
• undertake the initiative 采取行动
• undertake a journey 去旅行
• undertake a patient 接受病人
• undertake a piece of work 开始做一项工作
• undertake a project 从事一项工程
• undertake the risk 从事冒险
• undertake self-criticism 作自我批评
• undertake sideline production 从事副业生产
• undertake a strategic shift 作战略转移

～+副词

• undertake boldly 大胆地从事
• undertake perilously 冒险进行
• undertake rashly 鲁莽地从事
• undertake reluctantly 勉强地从事
• undertake scientifically 科学地从事
• undertake solemnly 郑重地承担

～+介词

• undertake for 为…承担

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. undertake的意思是“担任,承揽”,指将某事揽入自己的职权范围内或就任某一职务。undertake还可指“开始着手进行某件事”。
2. undertake多用作及物动词,后接名词、动词不定式或that从句作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. undertake的过去式是undertook,过去分词是undertaken。

词源解说

• ☆ 1200年左右进入英语，直接源自古英语的underniman，意为承担。

近反义词

【近义词】

• take on 承担
• assume 假定
• start 开始
• commence 开始
• embark on 上（船、飞机等）...
• carry out 施行
• agree to 同意
• accept 接受
• attempt 企图
• contract 合同
• essay 论文
• try 试验
• promise 诺言
• pursue 追求
• agree 同意
• tackle 处理
• endeavor 尽力
• play 玩
• set about 开始
• take in charge 负责照料
• guarantee 保证

派生词

v.(动词)

• undertaking n. 任务; 事业