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单词 undertake
释义
undertake
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈteɪk/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈteɪk/
undertook|undertaken

undertakeverb[T](DO)

C1[T]formal
to do orbeginto do something,especiallysomething that will take alongtimeor bedifficult:
（开始）做，承担，从事（尤指耗时或困难之事）
Students arerequiredto undertakesimpleexperiments.要求学生们做些简单的实验。
More examples
  • Thebillrequiresownersto undertakeremedialworkondilapidatedbuildings.
  • This is one of thelargestaidprojectseverundertaken.
  • Successfulcandidateswill berequiredto undertake aninductionprogramme.
  • I'm justbeginningtorealizetheenormityof what I have undertaken.
  • Theagencyundertook thesurveyinJanuary2004.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Acting and acts
  • (your)every moveidiom
  • -ation
  • act/dosomethingonyourown responsibilityidiom
  • activity
  • ADL
  • agency
  • ant
  • er
  • execution
  • exploit
  • fait accompli
  • feel
  • move
  • responsibility
  • role play
  • rot
  • step
  • step up
  • stuff
  • talk
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undertakeverb[T](PROMISE)

C2[T]formal
topromisethat you will do something:
承诺，允诺，答应
[+ to infinitive]She undertook nottopublishthenamesof thepeopleinvolved.她答应不公布有关人员的名字。
[+ that]Thegovernmentundertookthatthebuildingswould not beredeveloped.政府承诺不会改造这些大楼。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making & breaking promises & commitments
  • bond
  • breach
  • broken
  • cross my heart (and hope to die)idiom
  • deliver
  • fink
  • go back onsomething
  • Hippocratic oath
  • honour
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • promise
  • redeem
  • renege
  • so help me (God)idiom
  • swear
  • uncommitted
  • unkept
  • vouch forsomething/someone
  • warranty
  • welch
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undertakeverb[T](IN VEHICLE)

[IorT]UK
topassanothervehiclethat is going in the samedirectionas you bydrivingpast it on theleftside:
The Highway Codeadvisesdriversnot to undertake.
Thedriverclaimsthevehicleundertook him while he wasturningleft.
Compare
overtake
More examples
  • I have had a lotexperienceofdrivinginAmerica. After myinitialfearofcarsundertaking on theright, itsoonbecomesanormalpartofdriving.
  • While it’s notstrictlyillegalto undertake on amotorwayordualcarriagewayin the UK, it can beextremelydangerous.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
  • aquaplaning
  • backsomeoneup
  • behind the wheelidiom
  • bike
  • biting point
  • boxed in
  • branch off
  • coast
  • drive off
  • DWI
  • jam
  • pullsomeoneup shortidiom
  • run away withsomeone
  • satnav
  • self-driving
  • snow chains
  • stall
  • steer
  • steerable
  • undertaking
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(Definition ofundertakefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
undertake
verb[T]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈteɪk/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈteɪk/
undertook|undertaken

undertakeverb[T](DO)

C1formal
to do orbeginto do something,especiallysomething that will take alongtimeor bedifficult
（开始）做，承担，从事（尤指耗时或困难之事）
Students arerequiredto undertakesimpleexperiments.要求学生们做些简单的实验。
More examples
  • Thebillrequiresownersto undertakeremedialworkondilapidatedbuildings.
  • This is one of thelargestaidprojectseverundertaken.
  • Successfulcandidateswill berequiredto undertake aninductionprogramme.
  • I'm justbeginningtorealizetheenormityof what I have undertaken.
  • Theagencyundertook thesurveyinJanuary2004.

undertakeverb[T](PROMISE)

C2formal
topromisethat you will do something
承诺，允诺，答应
[+ to infinitive]She undertook nottopublishthenamesof thepeopleinvolved.她答应不公布有关人员的名字。
[+ that]Thegovernmentundertookthatthebuildingswould not beredeveloped.政府承诺不会改造这些大楼。

undertake| American Dictionary

undertake
verb
us
/ˌʌn·dərˈteɪk/
past tenseundertookus/ˌʌn·dərˈtʊk/|past participleundertakenus/ˌʌn·dərˈteɪ·kən/
to takeresponsibilityfor andbegindoing something:
[T]ThepresidentdirectedtheDepartmentofJusticeto undertake aninvestigationof theallegations.
[+ to infinitive]I undertook tohelphimlearnEnglish.
(Definition ofundertakefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

undertake| Business English

undertake
verb
uk
/ˌʌndəˈteɪk/us
undertook|undertaken
[T]
to do orbeginto do something,especiallysomething that will take alongtimeor bedifficult:
Heneedsto undertake apropercashflow andbudgetingexercise.
Somecompanieshave undertaken athoroughtransformationoftheirproductionmethods.
[I]formal
topromiseoragreethat you will do something:
undertake to do sthAllbankshave undertaken to giveprintoutsonrequestofstandingordersanddirectdebits.
(Definition ofundertakefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofundertake

undertake
Adequately identifying and effectively measuring all relevant consumptive and non-consumptive values of varying stockholders is a non-trivial and complex matter, but it must be undertaken.
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Given that such an exercise is not costless, it is only worth undertaking if the benefit from doing so outweighs the costs.
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Education: specifies years of schooling the respondent has undertaken.
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First, the analysis is undertaken at the firm level.
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All those projects are socially desirable and yet unlikely to be spontaneously undertaken by private investors.
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Nevertheless, it creates the willingness to finance operating costs of projects undertaken.
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The difficulty and cost of the required actions may well prevent poorer households from undertaking them.
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The task was formidable but has been undertaken successfully.
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If these are unknown, then further research should be undertaken to elucidate these quantities.
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All observations and experiments, except those dealing with phenological synchronization with the host, were undertaken in the laboratory.
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In closing, however, let me provide a reminder of the character of the exercise we have undertaken.
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Several graptolite studies have been undertaken in the area.
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Initial studies on in-utero tracheal occlusion were undertaken by tracheal ligation,111 using clipping of the fetal trachea.
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A similar conversion was undertaken for weights of cultivar selection criteria.
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The complete solution of these fundamental equations requires a numerical investigation of considerable complexity which has not been undertaken.
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