a formal pledge or promise to do something 保证;许诺 I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation. 我保证我们将继续该项立法工作。 ■a task that is taken on; an enterprise 任务;工作 a mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face. 一项凿进崖面的巨大任务。 ■a company or business 事业;企业 industrial undertakings ranging from textiles to rubber. 从纺织到橡胶等工业性事业。 ■[mass noun]the action of undertaking to do something 承担 the knowing undertaking of an obligation. 明明白白承担义务。
[mass noun]the management of funerals as a profession 丧葬经营,殡仪业