喜樂美語
  1. 1/ˌʌndərˈteɪk/ · /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/承接、著手進行(正式用語)

    正式To undertake something means to accept responsibility for a task and begin doing it — usually a serious or fairly large task. It's formal language. 'To undertake to do something' also means to formally promise you will do it.

    示範例句 · Example

    The university undertook a five-year study of air quality in the city.

    逐字這所大學著手進行了一項為期五年的市內空氣品質研究。

    常見搭配

    • undertake a study / research

      進行研究

      to start and carry out a piece of research

      Two teams undertook research into how children learn to read.

    • undertake the task of doing something

      承擔起做某事的任務

      to accept a particular job and begin it

      He undertook the task of teaching the whole class alone.

    • undertake a project

      著手一項計畫

      to take responsibility for a planned piece of work and start it

      The city will undertake a project to plant 5,000 trees.

    • undertake major / extensive work

      進行大規模工程

      to begin large-scale work on something

      The museum is undertaking extensive work on its roof.

    意思相近

    take ontackleembark onassumecarry outshoulder

core核心畫面

組成under + take — literally 'to take on' a responsibility.

同家族的字

  • undertakershares the same root — literally 'one who undertakes,' now used specifically for someone who arranges funerals

過去式 undertook過去分詞 undertaken-ing undertaking三單 undertakes

意思相近

take ontackleembark onassumecarry outshoulder

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

undertakeverb/ˌʌndəˈteɪk/

  • 1

    To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on.

    • They undertook the new venture, not sure where it would lead.
    • They undertook cleaning the house room by room.
  • 2

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

    • He undertook to exercise more in future.
    • They undertook to clean the house room by room.
  • 3

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

  • 4

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

    • That is her ransom; I deliver her; And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoy.
    • […] if those Persons who are curious in collecting either Minerals, or the Shells, Teeth, or other Parts of Animal Bodies that have been buried in the Earth, do but search the Hills after Rains, and the Sea-Shores after Storms, I dare undertake they will not lose their Labour.
  • 5

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

  • 6

    obsoleteTo assume, as a character; to take on.

    • Quince. […] you must needs play Pyramus. Bottom. Well, I will undertake it.
  • 7

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

    • It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence to.
  • 8

    obsoleteTo have knowledge of; to hear.

    • Ne he his mouth would open unto wight, Untill that Guyon selfe unto him spake, And called Brigadore, (so was he hight,) Whose voice so soone as he did undertake, Eftsoones he stood as still as any stake,
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    obsoleteTo have or take charge of.

    • To the water side I must conduct your grace; Then give my charge up to Sir Nicholas Vaux, Who undertakes you to your end.

undertakenoun/ˌʌndəˈteɪk/

  • 1

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

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。