undertake
英[?nd?'te?k]
美[,?nd?'tek]
- vt. 承擔，保證；從事；同意；試圖
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?undertakes;過去式:?undertook;過去分詞:?undertaken;現在分詞:?undertaking;
助記提示
1、under + take.
2、身在其中擔任、掌握(take, hold)什么；當然，只有身在其中才能去擔任、掌管什么東西了。
3、At here, the under is not the usual word meaning "beneath," but from Old English under, from PIE *enter- "between, among". 另見：understand.
中文詞源
undertake 承擔
詞源理解存爭議。under-, 來自inter-變體，在里面，詞源同interact, understand, take, 帶走，承擔。即承擔起來的。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. It seemed a singularly ill-judged enterprise for Truman to undertake.
- 這對于杜魯門來說似乎是一項特別不明智的事業。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I can undertake that you will enjoy the play.
- 我保證你會喜歡這個劇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. We can't undertake that you will make a profit.
- 我們不能保證你會獲利.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Who will undertake the job of decorating the auditorium?
- 誰來負責裝飾禮堂的工作?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. If you will undertake the affair, I shall be very grateful.
- 要是你愿意承辦這件事, 我將不勝感激.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》