| 单词 | take up |
| 释义 | take up 1．allow（ passengers， etc．） to mount； stop and accept停车接纳乘客 *The cars took their passengers up outside the hotel．那些汽车在旅馆外面接纳乘客。 *The bus stopped to take up passengers．公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。 *The train stops here to take up more passengers，and then goes fast all the way to London. 火车在这里停下来，再让一些乘客上车，然后就直抵伦敦。 2．occupy（time， space， etc．）占有（时间，空间等） *This work will take up a lot of my time．这项工作将占去我很多时间。 *I must get rid of this large table;it takes up too much room．我得把这个大桌子拿走，它太占地方。I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your valuable time．占用了你那么多宝贵时间，真抱歉。 3．continue； resume继续做；接着…讲 *I put the telephone down and took up the work again．我放下电话继续工作。 *She took up her sewing after the visitor had gone．客人走后她继续做她的针线活。 4．assume（a position， office， atti tude，etc．）担任；承担（职位）；采取态度 *When does the new director take up his post? 新的主任什么时候走马上任？ *He will take up his new post on October 1．他将在10月1日就任新职。 *The new president took up office yesterday．新总统昨天就职。 *A most aggressive attitude was taken up by the next speaker．第 2个发言人采取了非常放肆的态度。 5．adopt sth． as a profession， hobby， subject for study， etc．从事某种职业；对某事有爱好；从事一项研究或学习 *When he left school he took up journalism．离开学校以后，他就从事了新闻工作。 *Rich people can afford to take up whatever hobbies they like．富人有能力从事他们所喜欢的任何爱好。 *I think I'll take up oil pointing in my spare time．我想我将要在业余时间练习油画。 *The scientist has taken up a new subject．这位科学家已开始研究一个新的课题。 6．pull and make tight or shorter;shorten缩紧；减短 *The tailor took up the legs of the trousers. 裁缝把裤子改短了。 7．gather in（a contribution，etc.）； collect募捐；收集（钱等） *The girls will take up a collection at the end of the concert．这些女孩子在音乐会结束后要募捐。 *All the tickets were taken up at the exit．所有的车票都在出口处被收去了。 8．take away； lift up; raise拿走；拿起；举起 *The driver has had his license taken up for violating traffic regulations．因为违反交通规则，那个驾驶员的执照被吊销了。 *He took up the telephone receiver and asked a number. 他拿起电话询问一个电话号码。 9．remove by taking in把…吸进去；溶解 *This kind of paper claims to be able to take up more liquid than any other kind．这种纸据说比其它任何纸吸水性都强。 *The vacuum cleaner took up the dirt from the rug．吸尘器把地毯上的灰尘吸掉了。 *10．raise consideration of提出商讨；提出考虑 *They decided to take the matter up at the plenary meeting．他们决定在全会上把这件事提出来。 *The question of public housing should be taken up with the Minister whose responsibility it is．公众的住房问题应该提交负责这项工作的部长考虑。 *He said he would take up my difficulties with the headmaster．他说要把我的问题提出来和校长商量解决。 *The matter will be taken up at the next Party branch meeting．下一次党支部会议将着手处理此事。 11．arrest逮捕 *The police took him up on a drugs charge．警察以吸毒的罪名逮捕了他。 *Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by the police. 纵火犯在两小时内就被警察抓住了。 12．establish oneself in在…安居下来 *He took up his permanent residence in Beijing after graduation. 他毕业后在北京定居下来。 13．interrupt by dissent； interrupt andcorrect；rebuke；reprimand （为表示异议等）打断（某人的话）；打断并更正；指责；责备 *He took me up short on that point．我讲到那个问题时他突然打断了我的话。 *She said something very absurd and we immediately took her up.她说了些非常荒谬的话，我们立即打断了她的话。 14．understand理解 *Please don't take me up wrongly.请别误解我的意思。 15．adopt sb． as a protege提携；把…当作被保护人；帮助 *Though a busy and successful nowelist， he was willing to take up any promising young writer and give him all the help he could．虽然他是一个很忙而又很有成就的小说家，但他愿意提携任何有前途的青年作家并给予一切可能的帮助。 |
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