vt.
从事；着手，开始进行：
We could undertake the work for the time being.
我们可以暂时从事这项工作。
同意，答应；约定：
He undertook to finish the job by Wednesday.
他答应在星期三以前完成这项工作。
许诺；保证：
We cannot undertake that we shall finish the work in a week.
我们不能保证一周内完成这项工作。
担任(工作等)；接受(任务等)；承担：
Who will undertake responsibility for this work?
谁将承担这项工作的责任?
负责；掌管：
I want you to undertake all the arrangements.
我希望你来负责全面安排工作。
vi.
[古语]担保；负责
[口语]承办丧事
变形：
vt.
undertook
. undertaken
. undertaking