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Definition of taking in English: takingnoun ˈteɪkɪŋˈteɪkɪŋ 1mass noun The action or process of taking something. 拿，取 夺走生命。 Example sentencesExamples - He had been released from prison last April after serving a sentence for assault and the unauthorised taking of a car.
- So more eating, more drinking and more taking of photos - many of them painfully embarrassing.
- In fact, giving and taking are natural phenomenon in human relationships.
- There should be no taking of sides when human rights are in jeopardy.
2takingsThe amount of money earned by a business from the sale of goods or services. 进款，收入 the big test for the shop's new look is whether it'll boost takings 对这家商店新面貌的最大检验就是它是否能够增加收入。 Example sentencesExamples - Lizzy had done a gig the night before and Philip was divvying up the takings.
- Together with gate receipts, bar takings and sponsorship. the books are just about balanced.
- As a goodwill gesture Mr Smith said he would be contributing some of his days' takings to help pay back the stolen money.
- Chicago has already won critical acclaim and attracted big box office takings in London and the United States.
- As audiences dwindled, Apollo's pledge to keep the cinema open until a buyer could be found died with the box office takings.
- The counterfeits were discovered when the shopkeepers tried paying their takings into the bank.
- Companies may operate as shops-within-shops and pay rent as a percentage of takings to the host store.
- He tells how the company's daily takings have reached a record £106,000 and we see him counting wads of cash.
- Not only did the money go, the takings of our flag day, but he took the only set of weights we had for training.
- Meanwhile angry shopkeepers in Blackfen Road say takings are down by more than half.
- The club announced it was donating the entire evenings takings to the families of the missing firemen.
- All takings from the gate will go to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.
- Retailers can examine the till takings in a branch across the city, without having to lay a cable out there.
- At the end of the day he compares the tally of customers with the takings to ensure his profit margin.
- Open the tills, count the takings at the end of the night and don't count the cost!
- Hotels and guesthouses simply can't cope with the fall in takings now facing them.
- Surveys of local businesses suggest takings have fallen slightly.
- The venture has proved so popular that the business has doubled its takings every year.
- Thousands flocked to the three resorts last weekend and business takings were well up.
- Industry takings rely on the sale of alcohol and the more they sell, the better their profits.
Synonyms proceeds, returns, receipts, earnings, winnings, pickings, spoils profit, gain, income, revenue, money received, payments received Sport gate money, gate, purse
adjective ˈteɪkɪŋˈteɪkɪŋ dated (of a person) captivating in manner; charming. 〈旧〉（人）迷人的，有魅力的 he was not a very taking person, she felt 她觉得他并不是一个很有魅力的人。 Example sentencesExamples - When I was leaving the country the last time, a taking young man with Homburg hat, blue tie, light gloves, smart clothes and cane, came up with extended hand to meet me, and seeing uncertainty as to his identity in my expression as I took it, he exclaimed reproachfully--"What, have you forgotten poor Fr.------already?"
- I must admit that she is not a taking young woman," she said. "I never felt myself so chilled and repressed in my life before."
Synonyms delightful, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, likeable, endearing, lovely, lovable, adorable, cute, sweet, appealing, attractive, good-looking, prepossessing charming, captivating, enchanting, beguiling, bewitching, alluring, fascinating, delightful, irresistible, magnetic, compelling, charismatic, pleasing, engaging, entrancing
PhrasesReady or available for someone to take advantage of. 供人（自由）拿取 the fourth game was Wright's for the taking 第四场比赛对赖特来说犹如探囊取物。 Example sentencesExamples - The league game most definitely was there for the taking, and in many aspects we were the authors of our own misfortune.
- Mason jars of jelly beans and gummy bears and fresh-baked cookies are there for the taking.
- Four units were available for the taking and quickly these were filled.
- These, and all sorts of books both great and small, are out there, lying around in public places for the taking.
- Boiled in three or four changes of water, they are one of the first spring vegetables available for the taking.
- Those were the days, down in Wakonda, when the timber of the Siuslaw was ours for the taking.
- The independent and swing voters are looking to be ours for the taking if they keep this up.
- The game was there for the taking at half-time, but it was Leeds who took the lead when Ross kicked for the corner to set up a line-out drive.
- You can get any song, any program, or any movie that your heart desires and it's all free for the taking.
- Waiters in white jackets were holding trays of water, orange juice or white wine for the taking.
Derivativesadverbˈteɪkɪŋliˈteɪkɪŋli To the public, attractive advertisements were put out with a picture of gracefully clasped hands with a slight show of the feminine wrist; and to more effectively move the juvenile impulse to trade, the wrist is takingly adorned by a narrow band of black velvet ribbon strung with a single link. Example sentencesExamples - The Barry Hills-trained Turtle Island filly finished fourth in a decent maiden over six furlongs at Newmarket last October, running on takingly at the finish.
adverbˈteɪkɪŋliˈteɪkɪŋli To the public, attractive advertisements were put out with a picture of gracefully clasped hands with a slight show of the feminine wrist; and to more effectively move the juvenile impulse to trade, the wrist is takingly adorned by a narrow band of black velvet ribbon strung with a single link. Example sentencesExamples - The Barry Hills-trained Turtle Island filly finished fourth in a decent maiden over six furlongs at Newmarket last October, running on takingly at the finish.
Definition of taking in US English: takingnounˈtākiNGˈteɪkɪŋ 1The action or process of taking something. 拿，取 夺走生命。 Example sentencesExamples - In fact, giving and taking are natural phenomenon in human relationships.
- There should be no taking of sides when human rights are in jeopardy.
- He had been released from prison last April after serving a sentence for assault and the unauthorised taking of a car.
- So more eating, more drinking and more taking of photos - many of them painfully embarrassing.
2takingsThe amount of money earned by a business from the sale of goods or services. 进款，收入 box-office takings were scant Example sentencesExamples - Companies may operate as shops-within-shops and pay rent as a percentage of takings to the host store.
- Hotels and guesthouses simply can't cope with the fall in takings now facing them.
- The venture has proved so popular that the business has doubled its takings every year.
- The counterfeits were discovered when the shopkeepers tried paying their takings into the bank.
- Thousands flocked to the three resorts last weekend and business takings were well up.
- Open the tills, count the takings at the end of the night and don't count the cost!
- Not only did the money go, the takings of our flag day, but he took the only set of weights we had for training.
- As a goodwill gesture Mr Smith said he would be contributing some of his days' takings to help pay back the stolen money.
- Chicago has already won critical acclaim and attracted big box office takings in London and the United States.
- He tells how the company's daily takings have reached a record £106,000 and we see him counting wads of cash.
- Surveys of local businesses suggest takings have fallen slightly.
- Together with gate receipts, bar takings and sponsorship. the books are just about balanced.
- As audiences dwindled, Apollo's pledge to keep the cinema open until a buyer could be found died with the box office takings.
- At the end of the day he compares the tally of customers with the takings to ensure his profit margin.
- Lizzy had done a gig the night before and Philip was divvying up the takings.
- The club announced it was donating the entire evenings takings to the families of the missing firemen.
- Meanwhile angry shopkeepers in Blackfen Road say takings are down by more than half.
- Retailers can examine the till takings in a branch across the city, without having to lay a cable out there.
- All takings from the gate will go to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.
- Industry takings rely on the sale of alcohol and the more they sell, the better their profits.
Synonyms proceeds, returns, receipts, earnings, winnings, pickings, spoils
adjectiveˈtākiNGˈteɪkɪŋ dated (of a person) captivating in manner; charming. 〈旧〉（人）迷人的，有魅力的 he was not a very taking person, she felt 她觉得他并不是一个很有魅力的人。 Example sentencesExamples - When I was leaving the country the last time, a taking young man with Homburg hat, blue tie, light gloves, smart clothes and cane, came up with extended hand to meet me, and seeing uncertainty as to his identity in my expression as I took it, he exclaimed reproachfully--"What, have you forgotten poor Fr.------already?"
- I must admit that she is not a taking young woman," she said. "I never felt myself so chilled and repressed in my life before."
Synonyms delightful, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, likeable, endearing, lovely, lovable, adorable, cute, sweet, appealing, attractive, good-looking, prepossessing charming, captivating, enchanting, beguiling, bewitching, alluring, fascinating, delightful, irresistible, magnetic, compelling, charismatic, pleasing, engaging, entrancing
PhrasesReady or available for someone to take advantage of. 供人（自由）拿取 the big money is out there for the taking Example sentencesExamples - Waiters in white jackets were holding trays of water, orange juice or white wine for the taking.
- Four units were available for the taking and quickly these were filled.
- The independent and swing voters are looking to be ours for the taking if they keep this up.
- The league game most definitely was there for the taking, and in many aspects we were the authors of our own misfortune.
- Boiled in three or four changes of water, they are one of the first spring vegetables available for the taking.
- Those were the days, down in Wakonda, when the timber of the Siuslaw was ours for the taking.
- You can get any song, any program, or any movie that your heart desires and it's all free for the taking.
- These, and all sorts of books both great and small, are out there, lying around in public places for the taking.
- The game was there for the taking at half-time, but it was Leeds who took the lead when Ross kicked for the corner to set up a line-out drive.
- Mason jars of jelly beans and gummy bears and fresh-baked cookies are there for the taking.
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