释义 |
undertake /un-dər-tākˈ/ transitive verb (pat undertookˈ; pap undertāˈken, (Shakespeare, etc) undertā'enˈ, (Spenser) undertaneˈ)- To pledge oneself (that)
- To take upon oneself
- To take upon oneself (to deal with, manage or look after)
- To set about, engage in
- To engage in contest with
- To receive (obsolete)
- To perceive (Spenser)
- To assume (Shakespeare)
- To be surety for (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To promise (archaic; sometimes with for)
- To become a surety (with for)
- To conduct funerals (informal)
ORIGIN: 12c undertaken to entrap, from OE under, and late OE tacan; see take undertāˈkable adjective unˈdertaker noun - Someone who manages funerals
- Someone who takes in hand an enterprise, task or encounter
- A projector, entrepreneur
- A contractor
- A publisher (obsolete)
- A stage producer (obsolete)
- A compiler or editor (obsolete)
- A sponsor or surety (obsolete)
- A tax farmer (see under tax; obsolete)
- One of the Fife adventurers who tried to colonize the island of Lewis (c.1600)
- One of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the Stewart kings
- One of the English and Scottish settlers on forfeited lands in Ireland
unˈdertaking noun - That which is undertaken
- Any business or project engaged in
- A task one sets oneself
- The business of conducting funerals
adjective Enterprising, full of initiative |