undertake
英[ʌndə'teɪk]
美[,ʌndɚ'tek]
- vt. 承担，保证；从事；同意；试图
词态变化
第三人称单数: undertakes;过去式: undertook;过去分词: undertaken;现在分词: undertaking;
助记提示
1、under + take.
2、身在其中担任、掌握(take, hold)什么；当然，只有身在其中才能去担任、掌管什么东西了。
3、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另见：understand.
中文词源
undertake 承担
词源理解存争议。under-, 来自inter-变体，在里面，词源同interact, understand, take, 带走，承担。即承担起来的。
英文词源
- undertake (v.)
- c. 1200, "to entrap;" c. 1300, "to set about (to do)," from under + take (v.). Similar formation in French entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among" + prendre "to take." The under in this word may be the same one that also may form the first element of understand. Old English had underniman "to trap, accept" (cognate with Dutch ondernemen, German unternehmen).
双语例句
- 1. It seemed a singularly ill-judged enterprise for Truman to undertake.
- 这对于杜鲁门来说似乎是一项特别不明智的事业。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I can undertake that you will enjoy the play.
- 我保证你会喜欢这个剧.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. We can't undertake that you will make a profit.
- 我们不能保证你会获利.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Who will undertake the job of decorating the auditorium?
- 谁来负责装饰礼堂的工作?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. If you will undertake the affair, I shall be very grateful.
- 要是你愿意承办这件事, 我将不胜感激.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》