Undertaking
[ʌndə'teɪkɪŋ] or ['ʌndɚ'tekɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; 'he prepared for great undertakings'.
(noun.) the trade of a funeral director.
布兰卡德錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Enterprise, engagement, attempt, adventure, endeavor, effort.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Enterprise, adventure, attempt, effort, project, business,[See UNDERESTIMATE]
錄入:温德尔
例句/造句/用法:
- How could it be expected to undertake it when the undertaking meant its own destruction? 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- A sudden recollection had flashed on her this moment--she had not money enough for undertaking a long journey. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- When I returned to Perdita, I found that she had already been informed of the success of my undertaking. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The one greatest undertaking of the whole excavation was the Gaillard Cut. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I gave them an undertaking on which they sent down your discharge; it's very awkward, my dear Sir; what will you do? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- My uncle was almost persuaded that you were indeed dangerously ill, and could hardly be restrained from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- This quality was destroyed by too much responsibility for others or the necessity of undertaking something ill planned or badly conceived. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Los Angeles is undertaking one of the greatest municipal projects of the day. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Besides, there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- 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·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But even to get the very doubtful and preliminary stage of making the appeal, seemed one of the least promising of human undertakings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Mr Merdle's undertakings are immense. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 科學通論.
- There must be a large variety of shared undertakings and experiences. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Man and brother, partner in feelings equally with undertakings and actions, I have found a cash-box. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When learning is a phase of active undertakings which involve mutual exchange, social control enters into the very process of learning. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- My uncle engaged afterwards in more prosperous undertakings: it appears he realised a fortune of twenty thousand pounds. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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