大学英语：compel,undertake,coincide,gamble,go in for

① compel

vt.强迫（compel…to或compel…to sth）

They were often compelled to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.

他们常常不得不每天工作12或14小时。

He always tried to compel me to his will.

他总是想逼我服从他的意愿。

The performance compelled tears from the audience.(=…compel the audience to shed tears)

表演使观众感动得落泪。

② undertake

vt.1、着手做，进行；2、承担，从事，进行；3、承担，答应（to）

The police undertook detailed and comprehensive investigations into the case.

警察对这个案件着手进行了细致和全面的调查。

We undertook to reach home before dark.

我们争取天黑以前到家。

Do you know the lawyer who undertook the case?

你认识负责处理此案的律师吗？

Reluctantly he undertook the task.

他勉勉强强地接受了这一使命。

He undertook to preserve a strictly neutral position.

他承诺严守中立。

③ coincide

vi.一致，相符（with）

The centres of the two circles coincide.

这两个圆的圆点重合。

They cannot go to the theatre together because his free time never coincide with hers.

他们不能一起去看戏，因为他和她从来都不是同时有空。

The judges didn’t coincide in opinion.

法官们意见不一。