| 短语 | take sth up |
| 释义 | take sth up 1. take sth ↔ up to become interested in a new activity and to spend time doing it对某事产生兴趣; 开始花时间从事某事:•Roger took painting up for a while, but soon lost interest.罗杰有段时间对绘画产生了兴趣，但很快就又失去了兴趣。2. to start a new job or have a new responsibility开始从事〔新的工作〕; 开始担当〔新的责任〕:•Peter will take up the management of the finance department.彼得将掌管财务部。take up a post / a position / duties etc•The headteacher takes her duties up in August.校长将于八月份上任。3. take sth ↔ up if you take up a suggestion, problem, complaint etc, you start to do something about it开始处理:•Now the papers have taken up the story.现在报纸开始报道此事了。[+ with ]•The hospital manager has promised to take the matter up with the member of staff involved.医院院长答应和相关医务人员商量处理此事。•I am still very angry and will be taking it up with the authorities.我仍然很生气，将和当局就此事进行交涉。4. to fill a particular amount of time or space占据〔一定的时间或空间〕:be taken up with sth•The little time I had outside of school was taken up with work.课外的一点点时间我都用来工作了。take up space / room•old books that were taking up space in the office占了办公室很大空间的旧书5. take sth ↔ up to accept a suggestion, offer, or idea接受〔建议、提议或主意〕:•Rob took up the invitation to visit.罗布接受了访问的邀请。take up the challenge / gauntlet•Rick took up the challenge and cycled the 250 mile route alone.里克接受挑战，独自骑自行车骑行了 250 英里。6. to move to the exact place where you should be, so that you are ready to do something就位〔准备做某事〕:•The runners are taking up their positions on the starting line.赛跑选手们在起跑线上各就各位。7. take sth ↔ up to make a piece of clothing shorter改短衣服;ANTlet down8. take sth ↔ up to continue a story or activity that you or someone else had begun, after a short break 继续某事，把某事接着进行下去:•I'll take up the story where you left off.我来从你停下的地方把这个故事继续讲下去。take sth up1.拿起;举起;抬起：School is over，pupils take up their satchels and return home for dinner.放学了，小学生们拿起他们的书包回家吃饭。2.认购(股份);承兑(汇票)：At the preparatory stage of the company，some enterprisers have taken up all its shares.一些企业家在该公司筹备阶段就把它的股份全部认购了。3. 吸收(液体)：A sponge will take up the remnant water from its surface and make it dry more quickly.海绵将从它的表面把残余的水分吸收，使它干得更快。4.溶解(固体)：It needs a kind of new solvent to take up this new substance.需要一种新的溶剂来溶解这种新物质。5.从事于;专注于：The youth took up stamp-collecting at his leisure.那个青年闲暇时从事集邮。6.继续(已经停顿的事)做下去：Many sculptors gave up the carving halfway，but a young sculptor took it up until it was finished.许多雕刻家都中途停止不再刻了，但一个青年雕刻家继续刻下去，一直到把作品完成。7. 占用(时间、空间、费用等)：It took up three years’ time for the artist to draw this large picture.画这幅大画占用了该画家三年的时间。 |
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