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单词 take on
释义 take on
1.employ雇佣
*Our factory will take on twenty more workers next month.我们厂下个月将再雇用20名工人。
*No more workers are being taken on at present.眼下不再招收工人。
2.undertake 承担
*She takes on extra work on Sundays.她星期天还承担了额外工作。
*Is he willing to take on the responsibility?他愿意承担责任吗?
*I'll take the work on,but I can't tell you exactly when I'll finish it.我会承担这项工作,可我不能确切地告诉你什么时候完成。
*You should never take on more than you can do.你切莫承担力不能及的工作。
3.become excited;show great emotion(excitement,grief or anger)激动;表现出强烈的感情(激动、悲痛、气愤等)
*At the news of her husband's death she took on like a mad woman.听到丈夫逝世的消息,她伤心得象疯了一样。
*She took on something dreadful when she was accused of telling lies.当被指控说谎时,她的脸部表情很可怕。
*She took on terribly when her sister was so badly hurt.妹妹受伤这么厉害,她伤心得不得了。
*The indignant passenger took on about the rudeness of the bus conductor.愤怒的乘客对公共汽车售票员的粗鲁无礼发起火来了。
4.put on;take the appearance of;start to have the look of披上;带上;呈现面貌
*Our institute has taken on a new look recently.我们学院最近面目一新。
*The city took on a festive air.全市呈现出一派节日景象。
*After the students put up Christmas decorations,the classroom took on a holiday appearance.同学们挂上圣诞装饰后,教室里呈现出一片节日的景象。
*His writing has taken on a very peculiar style.他写的作品体现了一种非常独特的风格。
5.be generally adopted;become popular 被普遍接受;受大家的欢迎
*The idea somehow failed to take on.那主意不知为何未被大家接受。
*The new style didn't take on,so it was quickly dropped.这种新式样没有能够流行,于是很快就被淘汰了。
*I didn't expect pointed shoes to take on,but they have.我原来以为尖头皮鞋不会流行,可还真的流行了。
6.accept as an opponent in a contest;accept the challenge of(在竞赛中)接受…作为对手;接受…的挑战
*We knew their football team was bigger and stronger,but we took them on anyway and beat them.我们知道他们的足球队比我们强大,但是我们仍然和他们比赛,而且把他们打败了。
*I don't mind playing against a beginner,like myself,but I'm not going to take on someone who has been playing chess for years.跟一个象我自己一样的初学者比赛我不反对,但是我不会接受和一个下了多年棋的对手进行比赛。
7.load; receivefor carrying; be loaded with; allow to enter装载;接纳;允许进入
*The tanker took on water at that port.油船在那个港口加了水。
*A big ship was at the dock taking on automobiles in crates to carry overseas for sale.一艘大船停在码头上装载用板条箱运送的汽车,将它们运到海外去销售。
*The bus driver stopped to take the children on.公共汽车停下让孩子们上车。
8.absorb; acquire吸收;获得
*The cloth took on red from the skirt that was washed in the same tub.那块布跟裙子在一个盆里洗染上了红色。
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