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take up

英 [ˈteɪk ʌp]

美 [ˈteɪk ʌp]

开始从事; 喜欢上; 开始处理; 讨论…的处理方法; 开始干（工作）; 接受，答应（提议或挑战）; 占用，花费（时间、空间或精力）; 占领，占据，占有（位置、阵地）; 继续; 把…接着进行下去

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柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB 开始从事;喜欢上
    If youtake upan activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career.
    1. He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport...
      他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。
    2. He left a job in the City to take up farming...
      他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。
    3. Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again.
      安杰拉以前当过模特，现已决定重操旧业了。
  • PHRASAL VERB 开始处理;讨论如何处理
    If youtake upa question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it.
    1. Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case...
      德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。
    2. Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue...
      能够提供环境威胁证据的大多数科学家都有理由认为，环保团体不会放过这个问题。
    3. Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister...
      马哈蒂尔博士打算和首相讨论这个提案。
    4. If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman.
      银行要是不肯帮忙，就去找申诉专员。
  • PHRASAL VERB 开始从事，开始干(工作)
    If youtake upa job, you begin to work at it.
    1. He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.
      他将在下个月底就任民事法庭庭长一职。
  • PHRASAL VERB 接受，答应(提议或挑战)
    If youtake upan offer or a challenge, you accept it.
    1. Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir...
      越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。
    2. 96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer.
      符合条件的雇员有 96% 接受了这个条件。
  • PHRASAL VERB 占用，花费(时间、空间或精力)
    If somethingtakes upa particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount.
    1. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time...
      我知道您肯定特别忙，我当然不想占用您太多的时间。
    2. The entire memo took up all of two pages...
      整个备忘录写了满满两页纸。
    3. A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews...
      我的大部分时间都用在阅读评论文章上了。
    4. The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures.
      目的在于不要用常见的无聊图片占用宝贵时间。
  • PHRASAL VERB 占领，占据，占有(位置、阵地)
    If youtake upa particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else.
    1. He had taken up a position in the centre of the room...
      他占据了房间中心的位置。
    2. UN peacekeeping forces are expected to take up positions along the border.
      联合国维和部队估计会在边界线上就位。
  • PHRASAL VERB 继续;把…接着进行下去
    If youtake upsomething such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it.
    1. Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story...
      格里的妻子乔接着往下讲。
    2. 'No, no, no,' says Damon, taking up where Dave left off.
      “不，不，不，”戴蒙说，然后从戴夫停下的地方接着说。
  • See also:take-up

英英释义

verb

  • pursue or resume
    1. take up a matter for consideration
  • return to a previous location or condition
    1. The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it
    Synonym:resume
  • adopt
    1. take up new ideas
    Synonym:latch onfasten onhook onseize on
  • take up as if with a sponge
      Synonym:take insop upsuck in
    1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
      1. scoop the sugar out of the container
      Synonym:scoopscoop outlift outscoop up
    2. take in, also metaphorically
      1. The sponge absorbs water well
      2. She drew strength from the minister's words
      Synonym:absorbsuckimbibesoak upsop upsuck updrawtake in
    3. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
        Synonym:sorb
      1. accept
        1. The cloth takes up the liquid
        Synonym:take in
      2. occupy or take on
        1. He assumes the lotus position
        2. She took her seat on the stage
        3. We took our seats in the orchestra
        4. She took up her position behind the tree
        5. strike a pose
        Synonym:assumetakestrike
      3. take up and practice as one's own
          Synonym:adoptborrowtake over
        1. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
          1. Take up a position
          2. start a new job
          Synonym:start
        2. turn one's interest to
          1. He took up herpetology at the age of fifty
        3. take up time or space
          1. take up the slack

        双语例句

        • She moved out of 28 Barbary Lane to take up residence in a house in Pacific Heights.
          她从巴巴里街28号搬出来，住进了太平洋高地住宅区的一所房子。
        • Take up a relaxing hobby, such as knitting.
          培养一种能放松身心的爱好，比如编织。
        • Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister
          马哈蒂尔博士打算和首相讨论这个提案。
        • It can take up to six months before reimbursements are paid.
          最长要等6个月才能得到赔付。
        • He left a job in the City to take up farming
          他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。
        • Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again.
          安杰拉以前当过模特，现已决定重操旧业了。
        • UN peacekeeping forces are expected to take up positions along the border.
          联合国维和部队估计会在边界线上就位。
        • He left a career in teaching to take up a position with the Arts Council
          他辞去教学工作到艺术委员会任职。
        • Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
          谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。
        • The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures.
          目的在于不要用常见的无聊图片占用宝贵时间。

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