Undertook

(imp.) of Undertake

(-) imp. of Undertake.

埃德蒙手打

• The soft-hearted cook added his intercession, and the result was that the man who had first appeared undertook its delivery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mr. Raggles then retired and personally undertook the superintendence of the small shop and the greens. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I shall then have done what I undertook to do--and I'll take my fee. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Sir Percival undertook to send for the doctor. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• At last, a carpenter in the city, Peter Van der Mey by name, undertook the adventure. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There's nothing more to be said, except that you undertook to do what circumstances prevent your doing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He undertook the management of some affair which required attention while we were away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• All these little tokens of his gratitude, Mr. Gradgrind very willingly undertook to render. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Therefore I undertook the commission. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Mr. Brown kindly undertook to give my aunt Martha her first lesson, which created much merriment. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Though the workmen were now growing more weary and disheartened with each new volume they undertook, Gutenberg would not give up. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• When I came here, I undertook to throw the necessary light on the matter of the missing Diamond. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was an expert and efficient workman in whatever he undertook; and was, both from habit and principle, prompt and faithful. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mr. Snodgrass was affected, but he undertook the delivery of the note as readily as if he had been a twopenny postman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He replied in a most admirable manner, exceedingly flattering to my feelings, and undertook to obtain the consent of Mrs. Crewler to this arrangement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We have done all we undertook to do for Mr Clennam. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I undertook this military business, though I did not conceive myself well qualified for it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Sims, and he undertook to build an engine to run at three hundred and fifty revolutions and give one hundred and seventy-five horse-power. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The firm of Babcock & Wilcox gave aid on the boilers, Armington & Sims undertook the engines, but everything else was abnormal. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He only know'd that it wasn't put right by them what undertook that line of business, and that it didn't come right of itself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Therefore he undertook to establish definitely the laws relating to falling bodies. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Adams was laid off, and as his financial resources had reached absolute zero centigrade, I undertook to let him sleep in my hall bedroom. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Have you ever seen a messenger you once sent to me, I inquired, since he undertook that trust? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I hinted at these difficulties to both the gentlemen, but Sir Percival (who undertook to answer me) did not appear to feel them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The project was approved, and every member undertook to form his club: but they did not all succeed. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• And that you undertook to do what you might have done by this time, if you had made a prompter use of circumstances,' snarled Lammle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In view of the successful outcome of the problem which, in 1900, he undertook to solve, it will be interesting to review his mental attitude at that period. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He was given control of the office, undertook to make his own type, contrived a copper-plate press, the first in America , and printed paper money for New Jersey. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Even after her mother went to bed, he was not content to be absent from her, but undertook to read her to sleep. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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