undertaking

Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.

把这房子收拾得可以住人是个大工程。

More recently, however, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell.

然而，最近一些公司开始投资一项更加雄心勃勃的事业：学习如何调整他们销售食品中的基本成分。

Initially, rather than appointing a general contractor to run the project, the corporation decided to manage it themselves, despite lack of experience with an undertaking of that scale.

起初，尽管缺乏从事这种规模的项目的经验，公司还是决定自己完成这个项目，而不是指定一个普通的承包商来运行。

The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.

房东书面保证将进行维修。

He began a career in undertaking several years ago.

几年前，他开始了殡葬职业生涯。