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undertaking n.事业；企业；保证；许诺；殡仪业 (1) 他全力以赴地工作。(2) 他太胆小，不敢从事新的事业。(3) 他已把一半财产投资于一种新的企业中。(4) 承揽企业不得将加工贸易货物再次外发至其他企业进行加工。(5) 他被要求出具书面保证不披露他们的合同的细节。 When you take something under consideration, it means you're not necessarily going to do it, you're just going to think about it. When you take something on, you've undertaken to actually do it. The word undertaking suggests something that involves quite a bit of work. Organizing an Oxfam hunger-day at your school is a significant undertaking, but it's worth all the effort.

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英 [ˌʌndə'teɪkɪŋ] 美 [ˌʌndər'teɪkɪŋ] (1) He blazed away at his undertaking.(2) He is too timid to venture upon a new undertaking.(3) He has sunk half his fortune in a new business undertaking.(4) The undertaking enterprise may not contract the processing of the processing trade goods to any other enterprise again.(5) He was required to give a written undertaking not to disclose the details of their contract. Painting a house is a serious undertaking––it looks simple but involves a lot of preparation and hard work. An undertaking is a job or a task you commit to. The word also can mean the profession of funeral management. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指艰巨的）任务，工作，事业 An undertaking is a task or job, especially a large or difficult one. Organizing the show has been a massive undertaking.组织那场演出是一项浩大的工程。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；保证 If you give an undertaking to do something, you formally promise to do it.   [oft N to-inf]The MOD gave an undertaking to Saville that it had provided him with all relevant material.国防部向萨维尔保证已向他提供了所有相关的资料。

英语单词	undertaking
英美音标	英 [ˌʌndə'teɪkɪŋ] 美 [ˌʌndər'teɪkɪŋ]
中文释义	n.事业；企业；保证；许诺；殡仪业
英语例句	(1) He blazed away at his undertaking. (2) He is too timid to venture upon a new undertaking. (3) He has sunk half his fortune in a new business undertaking. (4) The undertaking enterprise may not contract the processing of the processing trade goods to any other enterprise again. (5) He was required to give a written undertaking not to disclose the details of their contract.
中文例句	(1) 他全力以赴地工作。 (2) 他太胆小，不敢从事新的事业。 (3) 他已把一半财产投资于一种新的企业中。 (4) 承揽企业不得将加工贸易货物再次外发至其他企业进行加工。 (5) 他被要求出具书面保证不披露他们的合同的细节。
vocabulary简明	Painting a house is a serious undertaking––it looks simple but involves a lot of preparation and hard work. An undertaking is a job or a task you commit to. The word also can mean the profession of funeral management.
vocabulary扩展	When you take something under consideration, it means you're not necessarily going to do it, you're just going to think about it. When you take something on, you've undertaken to actually do it. The word undertaking suggests something that involves quite a bit of work. Organizing an Oxfam hunger-day at your school is a significant undertaking, but it's worth all the effort.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指艰巨的）任务，工作，事业 An undertaking is a task or job, especially a large or difficult one. Organizing the show has been a massive undertaking. 组织那场演出是一项浩大的工程。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]承诺；保证 If you give an undertaking to do something, you formally promise to do it. [oft N to-inf] The MOD gave an undertaking to Saville that it had provided him with all relevant material. 国防部向萨维尔保证已向他提供了所有相关的资料。

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