| 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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