喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ/ · /ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/big job or project（重大的）任務、事業

    正式An important job, plan, or piece of work that you have agreed to do and are responsible for, especially one that is large or difficult.

    文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。 通常以單數形式使用。

    「undertaking」不是隨便一件事，而是「扛下來的大工程」——規模大、要花很多時間或錢、做不好會有後果。所以幾乎都跟 major、huge、risky 這類形容詞一起出現。可以從 undertake（承擔）去想：這個字裡面有「把事情接到自己肩上」的感覺。

    示範例句 · Example

    Starting a new bakery can be a risky undertaking for a young family.

    中文翻譯開一家新的麵包店對一個年輕家庭來說可以是一個有風險的事業。

    常見搭配

    • a major undertaking

      重大的工程／任務

      a very large and important piece of work

      Rebuilding the old theatre was a major undertaking.

    • a risky undertaking

      有風險的事業

      something you take on that could easily fail

      Opening a shop during a slow year is a risky undertaking.

    • a huge / enormous undertaking

      非常龐大的任務

      something extremely large in size or effort

      Feeding two thousand people is a huge undertaking.

    • embark on an undertaking

      著手進行一項大事業

      to begin a big and serious piece of work

      In 1990 the country embarked on a major undertaking: mapping every gene.

  2. 2n/ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ/ · /ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/formal promise承諾；保證

    正式A serious, often official or written, promise that you will do something or will not do something.

    文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。

    這個 undertaking 是「正式答應下來的承諾」，常出現在法庭、政府、公司之間，很多時候還要簽名。跟 promise 的差別在正式度：promise 朋友之間就能講，undertaking 通常有紀錄，違反了會有後果。動詞用 give：give an undertaking (to do something)。

    常見搭配

    • give an undertaking

      作出正式承諾

      to make a formal promise to do something

      The company gave an undertaking to clean the river.

    • a written undertaking

      書面承諾、切結書

      a promise that is put on paper and signed

      He signed a written undertaking not to enter the building.

    • a breach of undertaking

      違反承諾

      the act of breaking a formal promise

      The court treated it as a breach of undertaking.

    • fulfil an undertaking

      履行承諾

      to do what you formally promised to do

      The government has fulfilled its undertakings on housing.

    用法接近

    vowoathagreement

  3. 3n/ˈʌndərteɪkɪŋ/ · /ˈʌndəteɪkɪŋ/funeral business殯葬業

    正式The work or business of an undertaker: preparing bodies and arranging funerals for families after someone has died.

    文法不可數名詞：通常不加 a/an，也不加 -s 來表示複數。

    這是 undertaker（葬儀業者）的行業名稱，指「辦後事」這一行。念法跟前兩個意思不同：重音在最前面（UN-der-tak-ing），意思是「大工程／承諾」時重音在 TAK。英文裡現在更常說 funeral business，undertaking 帶著舊式、正式的味道。

    常見搭配

    • work in undertaking

      從事殯葬業

      to have a job arranging funerals

      Both her brothers work in undertaking.

    • the undertaking business

      殯葬這一行

      the trade of arranging funerals

      The undertaking business changed a lot in the last century.

    意思相近

    funeral businessmortuary work

    用法接近

    undertakerfuneral directormortician

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

undertakingnoun/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkɪŋ/

  • 1

    The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

  • 2

    A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

    • Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways.
    • The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong.
  • 3

    That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

    • He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.
  • 4

    The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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