1 PHRASAL VERB 开始从事;喜欢上 If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career. 开始从事;喜欢上
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He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport. [VERB PREP. noun]
他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。
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He left a job in the City to take up farming. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他辞去伦敦商业区的工作,开始务农。
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Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again. [VERB noun PREP.]
安杰拉以前当过模特,现已决定重操旧业了。
SYN start, begin, engage in, assume
2 PHRASAL VERB 开始处理;讨论如何处理 If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. 开始处理;讨论如何处理 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。
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Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue. [VERB PREP. noun]
能够提供环境威胁证据的大多数科学家都有理由认为,环保团体不会放过这个问题。
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Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister. [V P n + with]
马哈蒂尔博士打算和首相讨论这个提案。
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If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman. [VERB noun PREP. + with]
银行要是不肯帮忙,就去找申诉专员。
3 PHRASAL VERB 开始从事,开始干(工作) If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. 开始从事,开始干(工作) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
4 PHRASAL VERB 接受,答应(提议或挑战) If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. 接受,答应(提议或挑战) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir. [VERB PREP. noun]
越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。
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96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
符合条件的雇员有 96% 接受了这个条件。
SYN accept, agree to, say yes to, accede to
5 PHRASAL VERB 占用,花费(时间、空间或精力) If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. 占用,花费(时间、空间或精力)
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I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time. [VERB PREP. noun]
我知道您肯定特别忙,我当然不想占用您太多的时间。
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The entire memo took up all of two pages. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
整个备忘录写了满满两页纸。
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A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews. [be VERB-ed PREP. + with]
我的大部分时间都用在阅读评论文章上了。
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The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures. [V P n + with]
目的在于不要用常见的无聊图片占用宝贵时间。
SYN occupy, absorb, consume, use up
6 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] 占领,占据,占有(位置、阵地) If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else. 占领,占据,占有(位置、阵地) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
7 PHRASAL VERB 继续;把…接着进行下去 If you take up something such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it. 继续;把…接着进行下去 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story. [VERB PREP. noun]
格里的妻子乔接着往下讲。
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'No, no, no,' says Damon, taking up where Dave left off. [VERB PREP. wh]
“不,不,不,”戴蒙说,然后从戴夫停下的地方接着说。
SYN resume, continue, go on with, pick up
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