undertaking
美 [ˈʌndərˌteɪkɪŋ] 
英 [ˈʌndə(r)ˌteɪkɪŋ]
- n.事业；企业；承诺；保证
- v.“undertake”的现在分词
- 网络任务；工作；许诺
词形变化
复数：undertakings 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] （重大或艰巨的）任务，项目，事业；企业a task or project, especially one that is important and/or difficult |
| He is interested in buying the club as a commercial undertaking. 他有意购买那个俱乐部作为投资。 |
| In those days, the trip across country was a dangerous undertaking. 那个时期，越野旅行是一件危险的事情。 |
2. | [c] 承诺；保证；许诺；答应an agreement or a promise to do sth |
| a government undertaking to spend more on education 政府增加教育经费的承诺 |
| The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out. 房东书面保证将进行维修。 |
3. | [u] 殡仪业；丧葬业the business of an undertaker |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Who was undertaking the decoration for churches, was nearly always away from home in a certain place in the countryside.
哈里从事教堂装修，几乎总在乡下什么地方。
I began to understand : no woman can be a man, but not without cause, I began a difficult undertaking.
我开始懂得：男人可以没有女人，但是不能没有事业，于是我开始艰难的事业。
He said that this group of researchers will be undertaking larger clinical trials of oral viscous budesonide.
他说他的研究团队接下来会就口服布地奈德进行较大规模的临床实验。
The biggest cost of undertaking an MBA is often the earnings forgone while studying.
读MBA的最大成本是读书时候原有薪水工资的损失。
Mercier added the pertinent warning: "To seek togo beyond this would be a great misfortune and a destructive undertaking. "
梅谢尔又提出了恰当的警告：“越过上帝的法则去治国会是巨大的不幸和一件破坏性的事业。”
being answered in the affirmative , he said he was sorry for me , because it was an expensive undertaking , and the expense would be lost.
他得到肯定答复之后就说，他很为我惋惜，因为这是一项耗费昂贵的事业，所费都会付诸东流。
After the meeting, he said he was bound by non-disclosure agreements and K1W1 was undertaking due diligence.
会见结束后，他说，他受保密协议和K1W1正进行尽职调查。
It was approved by voters in 1987, but the timetable turned out to be over-optimistic for such a huge undertaking.
这一计划由1987年投票通过，但时间表对于这一巨大工程估计过于乐观。
Now she, looking upon him as holy man, readily consented to be directed by him in this undertaking.
如今，她把他看作一位神职人员，马上同意在这件事情上听他的指教。
He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back within a year.
他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
If any of these goals were realized, the difficulty of undertaking; such reforms might be justified.
如果这些目标实现了，难以进行这种改革可能是合理的。
It's an incredibly expensive, highly uncertain undertaking, but Armstrong still seems determined to make it a cornerstone of AOL's strategy.
这项事业耗资惊人，又充满了变数，但阿姆斯特朗依然态度坚决，誓要将其打造为美国在线的战略基石。
It was an undertaking some analysts at the time said highlighted the global diaspora of Chinese businesses and its citizens.
这促使了很多分析家在当时把中国遍布世界的生意和侨民放在聚光灯下。
He said it is an extremely difficult undertaking to found a new tradition.
他说，开创一个新的传统是极其困难的事业。
The young German expects to be back at the factory in the coming days before undertaking a few days of pre-season testing.
这个年轻的德国人期待着在未来的几天回到工厂准备季前测试。
The EWG, a national nonprofit organization, is undertaking additional studies to determine whether and to what degree BPA enters the body.
这家全国性的非盈利组织正在进行更多的研究，考察BPA是否和能多大程度上进入人体体内。
He said the research they are undertaking could answer this question.
他说他们正在从事的研究能解决这个问题。
The company was undertaking a thorough review of its service and believed it had addressed most of the problems, it said.
谷歌表示，该公司正在全面重审自己提供的服务，并认为已经解决了多数问题。
Trying to predict the direction of something like the gold price can be a dangerous undertaking.
试图预测诸如黄金等价格走向可以说是一个危险的任务。
THL was hardly alone in undertaking this sort of financial engineering, known as a dividend recapitalization.
进行这种金融工程，即所谓的股息资本重组的不只THL一家。
This quality was destroyed by too much responsibility for others or the necessity of undertaking something ill planned or badly conceived.
如果对别人怀着过多的责任感，或者不得不执行计划不周或设想不周的任务，这种能力就会被抵销。
I looked around the SFC web site a little bit - I would imagine that that has been a huge undertaking, but definitely a worthwhile one.
我也看了一下中国口吃基金会（SFC）的网站--我能够想像得出这是一项伟大的，同时也是价值非凡的事业。
The undertaking enterprise may not contract the processing of the processing trade goods to any other enterprise again.
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。
What one expects is nothing but a glorious undertaking which he can go all out for and devote himself to.
对一个人来说，所期望的不是别的，只是他能全力以赴和献身于一种美好的事业。
The massive undertaking marked the beginning of an era of colossal sporting constructions across the globe.
这座庞大的建筑标志着全球大型体育场馆时代的来临。
for fear the agents of other firms should be able to trace the kind of research they are likely to be undertaking.
他们生怕别的公司的情报人员据此摸到他们可能要从事的某项科研项目。
In fact, many teams have industry sponsors to help pay for materials, travel and extra costs associated with such a huge undertaking.
事实上，许多团队都有行业赞助商，以帮助他们支撑材料购买，旅游参赛等额外的费用支出。
But turning a Finnish hardware-maker into a provider of software and services is no easy undertaking. Nokia dallied and lost the initiative.
但是一家芬兰硬件制造商转型成软件服务提供商并不是一件容易的事，诺基亚迟了一步并丧失了主动性。
And will the alliance be able to stump up the troops and equipment needed for such an enlarged undertaking?
还有对于这样一个范围更大的任务所需要的部队和设备，盟国能掏腰包吗？
And without such unbending zeal, almost no undertaking is likely to fulfil the promise with which it was established.
若没有这种始终如一的热忱，几乎任何企业都无法实现当初成立时的目标。
Safety is a cooperative undertaking requiring a total safety consciousness on the part of every employee.
安全是一项协作性的任务，要求每名员工都有完全的安全意识。
Researchers at IBM and Roche are trying to get there by undertaking a radical redesign of gene-sequencing machines.
IBM和罗氏公司的研究人员正试图重新设计一种DNA测序仪，以达到这一目标。
As the step of urbanization speeds up, developing bus undertaking comes to the point of resolving the problems in public transport.
随着城市化建设步伐的加快，大力发展公交事业成为解决公共交通问题的重点。
A crash programme to produce a vaccine against the new flu strain will probably take six months but is worth undertaking.
紧急研发一种针对新型流感病毒的疫苗，很可能需要6个月，但这方面的努力仍值得付出。
A few days later, it look liked I got sidetracked by the idea of undertaking this polyphasic sleep experiment.
经过这些天的体验，我相信我已经大致了解了多相睡眠。
Take a few minutes to read this list, and more importantly commit the time everyday to undertaking each of these.
花一小部分时间阅读一下列出的几条，更重要的是每天要花时间去完成这些。
It was, as Transport for London (TfL) Project Manager Nick Aldworth explains, a huge undertaking.
正如伦敦市交通局（tfl）项目经理尼克.奥德沃斯解释说这是一项宏大的事业。
The rule of debt assumption in relation to undertaking transfer is such a regulation capable of meeting demand.
营业财产转让相关的债务承担制度就是满足这样要求的一种规则。
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much, Carla, and thanks for your leadership in this undertaking as well as so much else.
非常感谢，卡拉，谢谢你在这项事业和其他众多事务中发挥的领导作用。
Translating such a hugely influential dictionary from Chinese into flawless English is undoubtedly an ambitious and tremendous undertaking.
将这样一本影响巨大的汉语词典翻译成规范通畅的英语，无疑是出版界的一大盛事。
Rebuilding America's future cannot be a Democratic or Republican political cause. It must be a national undertaking.
重建美国的未来不应该仅仅是民主党或是共和党的政治诉求，这必须是所有人共同的努力方向。
