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单词 undertake
释义 undertake
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English undertaken, from under (I) + taken to take — more at take
transitive verb
1. : to take in hand : enter upon : set about : attempt
 < undertake a task >
 < undertake a journey >
 < undertake to campaign for office >
 < when armed uprisings have been undertaken by single oppressed classes — M.R.Cohen >
2. : to take upon oneself solemnly or expressly : put oneself under obligation to perform : contract, covenant
 < a player undertakes to win nine tricks provided he may declare his own trumps — J.B.Pick >
3. : guarantee, promise
 < the magician who undertakes to make or stop rain — J.G.Frazer >
4. : to accept as a charge : engage to look after or attend to : accept the responsibility for the care of
 < undertake a patient >
 < lawyer may refuse to undertake a case which appears to him unsound — H.S.Drinker >
5. archaic
 a. : to engage with in combat
 b. : to engage with in argument or competition : take on
6. obsolete : reprove, chide
7. obsolete : to take in or receive by hearing or interpreting
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to enter into an engagement or contract : pledge — used with for
2. archaic : to give surety or assume responsibility — used with for
3. obsolete : to engage in a venture or enterprise
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