vt.经历；经受；遭受

This city underwent great changes. 这座城市经历了巨大的变化。

The castle will undergo extensive and costly renovations. 那城堡要用巨资进行全面整修。

Man's idea of God would undoubtedly undergo a change if we were to discover other intelligent beings in the universe. 如果我们真的发现宇宙中有其他的智慧生命,人类关于上帝的观念一定会经历一场变化。

I hope that I shall never again have to undergo such unpleasant experience. 我希望我永远不会再遭遇到这种不愉快的经历。

She underwent a thorough examination at the hospital. 她在医院里接受了全面检查。

The idea must undergo the test of experiment. 观念必须经得起实验的检验。

Metals undergo expansion when heated. 金属加热时会膨胀。

undergo的基本意思是“经历,承受”,它可指事物经历变迁、变化等,也可指人经受危险、考验、手术等不愉快、痛苦或危险的事,强调忍耐或屈从。

undergo是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

undergo的过去式为underwent,过去分词为undergone。

由于undergo常有“经受苦难”的意思,因此不能用来泛指一般的经历。例如: 请给我讲讲你过去的经历。误:Please tell me what you have under- gone in the past.正:Please tell me something about your past life.