PHRASAL VERB [no passive](常指无缘无故地)开始讨厌，开始厌恶 If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason. (常指无缘无故地)开始讨厌，开始厌恶 [mainly British]
It is not an unsympathetic biography, but Sir Edward has taken against it. [VERBPREP. noun]