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undertake 音标拼音: ['ʌndɚt,ek] vt. 从事,保证,承担,同意,接受 从事,保证,承担,同意,接受 undertake v 1: enter upon an activity or enterprise [synonym: {undertake}, {set about}, {attempt}] 2: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" [synonym: {undertake}, {tackle}, {take on}] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [synonym: {undertake}, {guarantee}] 4: enter into a contractual arrangement [synonym: {contract}, {undertake}] 5: accept as a charge [synonym: {undertake}, {take in charge}] Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p. {Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under take.] 1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. [1913 Webster] To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. [1913 Webster] I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. [1913 Webster] And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] "Who undertakes you to your end." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. i. 1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. [1913 Webster] O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. --Isa. xxxviii. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not undertake. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. [1913 Webster] But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord Titus' innocence in all. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 115 Moby Thesaurus words for "undertake":
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