undertake的双解释义

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

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

1.着手做;从事;承担
When youundertake a task or job, you start doing it and accept responsibility for it.

e.g. She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections.
她承担了监督选举的艰巨任务。

2.承诺；保证；答应
If youundertake to do something, you promise that you will do it.

e.g. He undertook to edit the text himself.
他答应亲自编辑正文的内容。

• 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

求职面试

B：Can you sell yourself in two minutes？ Go for it.
你能在两分钟內自我推荐吗？大胆试试吧！

undertake

A：With my qualifications and experience, I feel I am hardworking, responsible and diligent in any project Iundertake. Your organization could benefit from my analytical and interpersonal skills.
依我的资格和经验，我觉 得我对所从事的每一个项目都很努力、负责、勤勉。我的分析能力和与人相处的技巧，对贵单位必有价值。

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