Undertaking
[ʌndə'teɪkɪŋ] or ['ʌndɚ'tekɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; 'he prepared for great undertakings'.
(noun.) the trade of a funeral director.
布兰卡德录入--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undertake
(n.) The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
(n.) That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
(n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
(n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
手打:旺达
同义词及近义词:
n. Enterprise, engagement, attempt, adventure, endeavor, effort.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Enterprise, adventure, attempt, effort, project, business,[See UNDERESTIMATE]
录入:温德尔
例句:
- How could it be expected to undertake it when the undertaking meant its own destruction? 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- A sudden recollection had flashed on her this moment--she had not money enough for undertaking a long journey. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- When I returned to Perdita, I found that she had already been informed of the success of my undertaking. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- The one greatest undertaking of the whole excavation was the Gaillard Cut. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Although by far the largest undertaking yet made, the improvement in rock-boring machinery enabled it to be constructed much more rapidly and at less expense. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Jesus had called men and women to a giant undertaking, to the renunciation of self, to the new birth into the kingdom of love. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I gave them an undertaking on which they sent down your discharge; it's very awkward, my dear Sir; what will you do? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- My uncle was almost persuaded that you were indeed dangerously ill, and could hardly be restrained from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- This quality was destroyed by too much responsibility for others or the necessity of undertaking something ill planned or badly conceived. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Los Angeles is undertaking one of the greatest municipal projects of the day. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Besides, there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- When it is remembered that most of the 7? miles of tunnel was cut through solid rock, by boring and blasting, the immensity of the undertaking can be appreciated. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- As the trees would have to be cut close to the bottom--under water--it was an undertaking of great magnitude. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- De Long, who had an earnest and protracted conversation with Edison over the Arctic expedition he was undertaking with the aid of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But even to get the very doubtful and preliminary stage of making the appeal, seemed one of the least promising of human undertakings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Mr Merdle's undertakings are immense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- There are many forms of pumps, and they serve widely different purposes, being essential to the operation of many industrial undertakings. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Man and brother, partner in feelings equally with undertakings and actions, I have found a cash-box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When learning is a phase of active undertakings which involve mutual exchange, social control enters into the very process of learning. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- My uncle engaged afterwards in more prosperous undertakings: it appears he realised a fortune of twenty thousand pounds. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
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