undertakes
引き受ける
解説 Definition
undertakes は undertake（引き受ける、着手する）の三人称単数現在形です。主語が he、she、a company など単数のときに、仕事や責任、調査などを正式に引き受ける意味で使います。
Undertakes is the third-person singular present form of undertake. It means that a person, organization, or other singular subject accepts responsibility for and begins a task, project, investigation, or similar piece of work.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
undertakes は undertake の三人称単数現在形。語末が無声音の /k/ なので -s は /s/ と発音する。he、she、a company など単数主語に続き、undertakes a task、repair work、a survey の形で、責任ある仕事を正式に引き受ける場面と結びつける。
Treat undertakes as undertake plus the third-person singular ending -s. Because undertake ends in the voiceless sound /k/, the ending is pronounced /s/: /ˌʌndərˈteɪks/. Use it after a singular present-tense subject, as in she undertakes, the company undertakes, or the team undertakes. Imagine a company formally accepting responsibility for repair work or a research team beginning a survey. Common objects such as a task, work, a project, and an investigation help distinguish it from casual phrases like do something.
例文
The company undertakes repair work for local schools.
その会社は地元の学校の修理作業を引き受けています。
She undertakes difficult tasks without complaint.
彼女は難しい仕事を不満を言わずに引き受けます。
The research team undertakes a new survey every summer.
その研究チームは毎年夏に新しい調査を引き受けます。
undertakes の類義語・関連語
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undertakes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の「under（～の下で・途中で）」と「take（取る・担う）」の合成語に由来する。元々「下から支えて持つ」動作が転じ、責任や仕事を「自ら肩に乗せて請け負う」意味になり、「引き受ける」に至った。同じtake語根にはovertakeなどがある。
Undertakes is formed from undertake and the third-person singular present ending -s. Undertake developed in Middle English from under and take, although under in this compound does not transparently carry its ordinary modern spatial meaning. The verb came to mean taking a matter upon oneself, accepting responsibility, or beginning an enterprise. Its principal forms are undertake, undertook, and undertaken; undertakes is the regular present-tense form used with a singular third-person subject.
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