undertaken是什么意思？

undertaken

英[ˌʌndə'teɪkən] 美[ˌʌndə'teɪkən]

• v. 担任( undertake的过去分词 )，保证，着手，承诺；

例句

• They have undertaken a reappraisal of pupils’ needs. 他们已经开始重新评价学生的需要。
• A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。
• All neglected tasks are being undertaken. 百废俱兴.
• First, globalisation. Increasingly, economic activity is undertaken without reference to international borders. 首先是人类经济行为的日益国际化, 全球化.
• The inves-tigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. 展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。
• They have undertaken to underwrite a large proportion of the supermarket's deficits. 他们已承诺支付该超级市场赤字的一大部分.
• They have undertaken a reappraisal of pupils'needs. 他们已经开始重新评价学生的需要.
• Periodic screening for recurrent bacteriuria should be undertaken after therapy ( A - III ). 在治疗后应定期查是否菌尿复发.
• The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. 展开调查主要是为了安抚那些压力集团。
• ...a structural survey undertaken by a qualified surveyor. 由一位有资质的房屋鉴定员所作的结构评估

英语六级真题

You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that's not true.
出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  着手做;从事;承担
  When you undertake a task or job, you start doing it and accept responsibility for it.
  例句
  She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections. 她承担了监督选举的艰巨任务。
• VERB
  承诺；保证；答应
  If you undertake to do something, you promise that you will do it.
  例句
  He undertook to edit the text himself. 他答应亲自编辑正文的内容。