- 让…进入；接纳，接受；吸收：
Our club plan to take in 20 new members.
我们俱乐部计划吸收20名新会员。
The ship stopped here to take in freight.
这艘船在这里停泊装货。
- 接待；留宿；收留；收进：
The old man took in the lost backpackers for the night.
老人收留迷路的背包客在家里过夜。
to take in the homeless
收留无家可归的人
- 把…领入；陪同或挽引(女宾)由客厅进入餐厅：
He took Mary in to dinner.
他陪着玛丽进入餐厅用餐。
- 拘留，把…带至警察局拘留起来：
The police took him in for attempted murder.
警方因他杀人未遂而将其拘留。
- 领(活计)到家里做：
She took in sewing and washing to earn a little.
她接缝洗活儿在家里做，来挣一点钱。
- 缩短；改小(衣服)；改短：
The waist of her skirt needs to be taken in a little.
她的裙子的腰要稍微改窄一点。
- 收缩；收紧；【航海学】卷(帆)，收(帆)：
They took in sail when the wind blew hard.
刮大风时他们把帆收了起来。
- 获得(土地、领土)，兼并，圈进，筑篱围进；耕种：
A good deal of the marsh was taken in from the sea.
很大一部分沼地是由填海而成。
- [主英国英语]订阅(报刊、杂志等)：
My brother takes in China Daily.
我兄弟订阅《中国日报》。
Which newspaper do you take in?
你订什么报?
- 收入，进账：
Our shop takes in twice as much money every day as it used to.
我们商店每天的收入是过去的两倍。
- 包括；涉及：
The article takes in every aspect of the labour problem.
这篇文章涉及了劳工问题的各个方面。
This is the total cost of the holiday,taking everything in.
这是假期的总开支，包括了所有的费用。
- 把…排入旅程，参观，游览；观看(戏剧、电影等)；出席：
They will take in the sights of the city tomorrow.
他们明天将要游览这个城市的名胜。
We took in a few musicals in London.
我们在伦敦观看了几场音乐剧。
- 开始：
The school takes in at nine and lets out at four.
学校 9 点开始上课，4点放学。
- 注意到；敏锐地观察到；马上看到，看出；一目了然，一览无余：
The tourists took in the full beauty of the scenery.
游客们充分领略这里的美景。
to take the situation in
看清局势
The girl took in every detail of the woman's clothes.
女孩一眼就注意到了那个女人衣服的每一个细微之处。
- 领会，理解：
I could hardly take in what the old man said.
我几乎听不懂老人说了什么。
The students couldn't take in the lecture.
学生们听不懂这个讲座。
- [口语]欺骗，哄骗；使上当：
He took the girl in with his story.
他用一套谎言蒙骗了那个女孩。
I was badly taken in when I bought that second-hand television set.
买那台二手的电视机让我上了大当。
- 【证券】接受(股票)作为抵押