Landino had taken upon him to expound the same opinion.是什么意思？

Landino had taken upon him to expound the same opinion.

兰迪诺已着手来阐明他同样的意见.

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

taken

v. 拿( take的过去分词)，接受，取得；

例句
Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling...
我们反应如此强烈，令罗兰大吃一惊。

upon

prep. 在…上面，当…时候；

例句
...the doctrine of absolute monarchy based upon divine right.
以神权为基础的君主专制学说

him

pron. (he的宾格)他；

例句
They said goodbye to him as he got aboard the train at Union Station.
当他在联合火车站登上火车之际，他们向他道别。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

expound

vt. 解释，详细讲解；

例句
Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics.
施密特继续阐述他的经济和政治观点。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

same

adj. 同一的，相同的，同样的；pron. 同一事物，同样的人，（和…）同样的事物，（数目、颜色、大小、质量等）相

例句
The same abstracted look was still on his face.
他仍是一脸恍惚。

opinion

n. 意见，主张，评价，鉴定，判定；

例句
...a way of calibrating the shift of opinion within the Labour Party...
准确衡量工党内部观点转变的方法