| 单词 | undertaking |
| 释义 | undertaking noun¹ 1piece of work/business事业adjective➤big, considerable, large, major大事业；重大任务▸➤enormous, great, huge, massive, monumental, tremendous (especially name) 重大的任务；了不起的事业；不朽的事业➤ambitious, important, serious耗时费力的项目；重要工作；严肃的任务▸➤worthwhile值得奋斗的事业▸➤hazardous, risky危险的任务；冒险的事业➤complex, difficult复杂的／艰巨的任务➤costly, expensive代价高昂的任务▸➤joint联合作业◆the first joint undertaking of the two societies两个社团的第一次联手➤commercial商业项目◆we have to decide if this is a worthwhile commercial undertaking.我们必须确定下来这一商业项目是否值得投资。undertaking noun² 2 (especially bre, law法律) formal promise承诺adjective | verb + undertaking adjective➤solemn庄严的承诺▸➤express明确的承诺▸➤irrevocable不可反悔的承诺▸➤voluntary自愿承诺▸➤written书面承诺▸➤contractual合同担保▸➤public公开承诺verb + undertaking➤give (sb), make给（某人）承诺；作出承诺◆he gave an undertaking not to leave the country before the trial.他承诺在审判前不出国。➤seek寻求承诺▸➤obtain得到承诺▸➤honour/honor兑现承诺◆the factory failed to honour / honor its undertaking to stop dumping waste into the local river.这个工厂没有兑现停止向当地河流倾倒垃圾的承诺。➤sign签字保证 undertaking /ʌndəteɪkɪŋ; name -dərt-/ noun1. [countable] a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult 任务；事业◆to build a website to handle their worldwide sales was no small undertaking. 建立一个处理全球销售业务的网站不是一件小事。⨁ an enormous / a considerable / huge / major / massive undertaking巨大的／重要的／大的／重大的／大规模的任务 2. [countable] a business 企业◆why do they keep pouring money into a failing commercial undertaking? 他们为甚么不停地往一个失败的商业项目中投入资金？3. [countable, uncountable] an agreement or a promise to do sth 承诺；保证◆the company gave a written undertaking to compensate customers if there were serious delays. 这家公司作出书面承诺，如果出现重大延误，将赔偿顾客损失。⨁ to renege on / break / give / honour an undertaking违背／违反／作出／兑现诺言 transfer of undertaking ☞ undertakingundertaking /ʌndəteɪkɪŋ; name ʌndərteɪkɪŋ/ [countable] (rather formal) a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult（尤指重大或艰巨的）任务，项目，事业◆he is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking.他有意买下这个俱乐部作商业投资。◆in those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking.那时候，越野旅行是件危险的事。 ➡ see also undertake → do 1 note 辨析 enterprise or undertaking? undertaking gives the impression that the task in question is difficult or complicated. typical collocates are major, large and massive. enterprise is also used to talk about a large or important project, but it also gives the impression that the aim of the task is to produce sth new or different. * undertaking 一词给人的印象是任务艰巨或复杂，常与 major、large 和 massive 搭配。enterprise 也指大型或重要的项目，但同时给人的印象是工作的目的是做出新颖或与众不同的东西。undertaking/ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ ||; ˌʌndɚˈtekɪŋ/noun[c] [usu.sing] 1. a piece of work or business 任务；事业；企业: ◇buying the company would be a risky undertaking. 买下这家公司是一件冒险的事。 2. undertaking (that.../to do sth) a formal or legal promise to do sth 正式或法律上的保证、承担或许诺 undertakingsee ⇨ promise 2 ⇨ work 11 un·der·tak·ing /ˏʌndə`tekɪŋ; ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/n [c usually singular 一般用单数] 1. an important or difficult piece of work ［重要或难度大的］任务:◇setting up the summer olympics was a massive undertaking. 为夏季奥运会作准备是一项艰巨的任务。 2. a formal legal promise to do something 许诺，保证 |
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