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1 | T to move something or someone from one place to another 带,搬,拿,取(走) |
| Don’ t forget to take an extra pair of shoes. 别忘了多带一双鞋。 |
| Remember to take a pen with you. 记得带支笔。 |
| What time do you take Amy to school? 你几点钟送埃米上学? |
| We took the plants into the greenhouse. 我们把这些植物移入了温室。 |
| The cat had to be taken to the vet. 得带猫去看兽医。 |
| Our guide took us around the cathedral. 我们的导游带我们参观了大教堂。 |
| take sb/sth along (=with you) On long journeys I always take my dog along. 带上某人/某物 |
| take sb/sth for sth We took my mother for a drive in the country. 我们开车带母亲到乡下去兜风。 |
| take sb/sth to do sth We took him to catch his train. 我们带他去赶火车。 |
| take sb sth Take Debbie this cup of coffee, will you? 把这杯咖啡给戴比端过去,好吗? |
| take sth to sb Let’ s take the presents to them tonight. 我们今晚把礼物带给他们吧。 |
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2 | T take sb into/out of/up/through etc sth to cause someone to move somewhere 使(某人)到;把(某人)带往 |
| My old job took me into the city a lot. 过去由于工作原因我经常进城。 |
| The steps took us up to a cave in the cliff. 拾级而上,我们来到了悬崖上的一处洞穴。 |
| The journey will take you through some beautiful scenery. 该旅程将带你领略一些漂亮的风景。 |
| 2a | to cause someone or something to be in a new position or condition 使…获得新地位;使…情况不同 | | Her amazing energy has taken her to the top of her profession. 旺盛的精力使她成为同行中的佼佼者。 | | acts that took the country into war 将国家卷入战争的行为 | | take sb to court They’ ll take us to court if we don’ t pay up soon. 要是我们不马上付清债款,他们就要控告我们。 | | take sb hostage/prisoner Bank robbers took the manager hostage overnight. 银行抢劫犯把经理作为人质扣了一夜。 | |
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3 | T to perform a particular action or series of actions 做(某个或一系列的动作) |
| Take a deep breath. 深呼吸。 |
| Tom took a sip of his drink. 汤姆呷了一口饮料。 |
| I took a quick look at the audience. 我迅速地看了观众一眼。 |
| Let’ s take a walk down to the river. 我们散步到河边吧。 |
| take action/steps/measures The government must take action to stop this trade. 政府必须采取行动制止这种交易。 |
| take exercise You need to take more exercise. 你需要更多的锻炼。 |
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4 | T to need something 需要 |
| Your odd behaviour is going to take a bit of explaining. 你需要解释一下你的怪异行为。 |
| take some doing (=be very difficult to do) It’ s going to take some doing to persuade them! 很难做 |
| 4a | to need a particular thing in order for something to happen (为使某事发生而)需要 | | Admitting what she had done took a lot of courage. 承认她自己的所作所为需要很大的勇气。 | | take sth to do/be sth It takes talent and dedication to become a top dancer. 要有天分和奉献精神才能成为一流的舞蹈家。 | | It doesn’ t take much to start her crying. 她很容易就会哭起来。 | | have what it takes (=have the qualities that are necessary) Do you have what it takes to be a teacher? 够格 | |
| 4b | to need a particular amount of time to happen or to do something 需要花费(一定时间) | | It’ ll take a while to sort this out. 得需要一段时间才能把这问题处理完。 | | Our meeting took much longer than I expected. 开会的时间比我原先预计的要长得多。 | | take sb ten minutes/two hours etc The journey should take us about three days. 这次旅程将花费我们大约3天时间。 | |
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5 | T to accept something that someone offers you 接受;接纳 |
| I’ ve decided not to take the job. 我已决定不接受那份工作。 |
| Sorry, we don’ t take credit cards. 对不起,我们不接受信用卡。 |
| take (sb’ s) advice She won’ t take my advice. 她不会采纳我的建议。 |
| take it or leave it (=the offer will not change) That’ s my final price, take it or leave it. 接不接受随你的便 |
| 5a | to accept an unpleasant situation or unpleasant treatment without complaining (无怨言地)忍受,容忍 | | Please stop! I can’ t take it any more. 停下来!我再也受不了了。 | | In this job you have to be able to take criticism. 做这个工作你要能忍受批评。 | | take sth lying down (=accept something without any protest) I’ m not going to take defeat lying down. 心甘情愿地接受 | |
| 5b | to accept an explanation or something someone says without discussing it or arguing about it (未经讨论或争论就)接受(解释等) | | take sb’ s word for it (=believe what someone tells you) You don’ t have to take my word for it – ask anyone. 相信某人说的话 | | take it from sb (=believe them) That’ s the truth, take it from me. 相信某人 | |
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6 | T to win a prize in a competition or a vote in an election 赢得(奖项或选票) |
| Gladiator took the Oscar for best film. 《角斗士》获得了奥斯卡最佳影片奖。 |
| Who took the silver medal? 谁得了银牌? |
| The Labour Party took 45 per cent of the votes. 工党赢得了45%的选票。 |
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7 | T to reach out and get something , especially with your hand (尤指用手)拿,抓 |
| Take as many cakes as you like. 你爱拿多少蛋糕就拿多少。 |
| Let me take your coats. 让我帮你们拿外套吧。 |
| take sb by the arm/hand etc Her mother took her gently by the shoulders. 她母亲轻轻地搂着她的肩膀。 |
| take sb in/into your arms I’ ll take her in my arms and kiss her. 我会拥抱她,并且亲吻她。 |
| take sth in your hands I took the baby bird gently in my hands. 我把小鸟轻轻地捧在手里。 |
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8 | T to study a particular subject at school or college 学,上(某一课程) |
| I took a course in computer programming. 我上了一门计算机编程课。 |
| Are you taking algebra this year? 今年你上代数课吗? |
| 8a | to do an examination in a particular subject 参加(考试) | | I took my driving test three times before I passed. 我参加了3次驾驶考试才通过。 | | She’ ll have to take the exam again. 她得重考。 | |
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9 | T to remove something 除去;移走;拿走 |
| take sth away (from)/out of/from sth Take the knife away from her! 把她手里的刀拿走。 |
| These drugs should take the pain away. 这些药应该能止痛。 |
| Will you take the plates out of the cupboard? 把盘子从碗柜里拿出来好吗? |
| Government officials came to take soil samples from the factory site. 政府官员来取工厂厂址的土壤样本。 |
| 9a | to steal something , or borrow it without the owner’ s permission 偷走;(未经允许)拿走 | | Who’ s taken my pencil? 谁拿走了我的铅笔? | | The burglars didn’ t seem to have taken much. 窃贼好像没偷走多少东西。 | |
| 9b | to remove one number or quantity from another number or quantity 减去 | | take sth (away) from sth What do you get if you take seven from twelve? 12减7等于多少? | |
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10 | T to get a picture or a measurement using a machine (用机器)测定,量取,拍摄 |
| The scientists will take more readings from the lava flow. 科学家们将从熔岩流中获取更多数据。 |
| They’ ve taken several scans of her brain. 他们已对她的脑部进行过几次扫描。 |
| take sb’ s temperature A nurse took his temperature every hour. 有位护士每个小时都给他量体温。 |
| take a picture/photograph/photo May I take a picture of the two of you? 我可以给你们俩照张像片吗? |
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11 | T to get control of something from an opponent 夺取;攻取 |
| The town was finally taken after a six-week siege. 在被围困6个星期之后,这个城镇最终被攻克。 |
| 11a | to get something from an opponent in a game or sports competition (游戏或体育竞赛中)吃掉(敌子) | | Our new bowler took six wickets in his first match. 我们的新投手在他的首场比赛中就把6名击球手杀出局。 | | Her bishop took my queen (=in the game of chess) . 她的象吃掉了我的后。 | |
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12 | T to get something from a book or collection of things 选取;摘录 |
| take sth from sth The picture on page 5 is taken from their brochure. 第5页的图片摘自他们的小册子。 |
| They played a selection of songs taken from Broadway musicals. 他们演奏了百老汇音乐剧中的一些精选曲目。 |
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13 | T to get money from selling something to people , either regularly or on a particular occasion (以卖东西)赚得,收入(金钱) |
| The shop takes about £1,000 a week. 该店每星期营业额约为1,000英镑。 |
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14 | T to use a particular type of transport 搭乘,乘坐(交通工具) |
| take a bus/train/plane/taxi etc I usually take the bus to work. 我通常乘公共汽车上班。 |
| 14a | to use a particular path or road 沿着(某特定路径)走 | | Take the A14 as far as Cambridge. 沿着A14公路走到剑桥。 | | We took a trail through the forest. 我们沿着一条小道穿过森林。 | |
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15 | T if a piece of equipment takes something , it uses that thing in order to work (设备为正常运转而)需用,使用 |
| What size batteries does your torch take? 你的手电筒用几号电池? |
| cars that take unleaded petrol 使用无铅汽油的汽车 |
| 15a | if a piece of equipment takes something , it is able to accept the size or weight of that thing without breaking (设备)承受,容纳 | | The tank takes about twenty gallons of water. 该水箱大约能装20加仑水。 | | Careful – that shelf won’ t take all those books. 小心,那个书架承受不了所有那些书的重量。 | |
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16 | T used in particular phrases meaning to eat or drink something , especially regularly (尤指有规律地)吃,喝 |
| take milk/sugar/lemon Do you take milk in your coffee? 你喝咖啡时加牛奶吗? |
| take food (=eat) They are refusing to take food. 进食 |
| 16a | to put a drug or medicine into your body 服(药) | | Take two aspirins and go to bed. 吃两片阿司匹林,然后上床休息。 | | No more than four pills should be taken in 24 hours. 24小时内最多只能服4片药。 | |
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17 | T used for talking about the size of clothes or shoes that someone wears 穿(某个尺寸的衣服或鞋子) |
| What size shoes do you take? 你穿几号鞋? |
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18 | T to use a product regularly (固定地)使用 |
| Which newspaper do you take? 你一般读什么报纸? |
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19 | T to use something in a discussion (讨论中)谈论,使用 |
| Let’ s take that last point first. 我们先讨论最后一点吧。 |
| I never throw anything away. Take this car (=use it as an example) – it’ s very reliable. 我从不丢弃东西。就拿这辆车来说吧,它的性能非常可靠。 |
| take sth as sth I’ ll take his behaviour as an example of what I mean. 我将以他的行为为例来说明我的意思。 |
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20 | T to think about someone or something in a particular way 认为;把…视为;把…看作 |
| He tries hard, but I just can’ t take him seriously. 他很努力地尝试,但我就是没法把他当回事。 |
| take sth as a compliment/an insult She took his remarks as a compliment. 她把他的话当成是一种恭维。 |
| take sth as an omen/a sign They took the rainbow as a sign from their god. 他们把彩虹视为神迹。 |
| take sth as proof/evidence of sth We can’ t take his silence as proof of his guilt. 我们不能把他的沉默看作是他有罪的证据。 |
| 20a | to understand someone’ s words or actions in a particular way (以特定的方式)理解,领会 | | He took her remark literally. 他照字面意思理解她的话。 | | take sb to mean sth I took you to mean that you’ d be there early. 我以为你会很早到那儿。 | | take sth the wrong way (=be offended) Don’ t take this the wrong way – I’ m just trying to help. 误会 | |
| 20b | to believe something , usually wrongly , about someone or something 误以为 | | take sb/sth for sb/sth She looks so young I took her for your sister. 她看起来这么年轻,我错把她当成你妹妹了。 | | Do you take me for a complete idiot? 你把我当作大傻瓜吗? | | what do you take me for? I won’ t tell anybody – what do you take me for (=I am not that type of person) ? 我谁也不告诉,你把我当成什么人了? | |
| 20c | used for saying that you expect that the person you are talking to knows something or will do something 以为 | | I take it you’ ve heard about Ben and Carol splitting up. 我以为你已经听说本和卡罗尔分手的事了。 | |
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21 | T to do or have something 做;拥有 |
| take a seat (=sit down) Please take a seat. 坐 |
| take power/office The new president will take office in January. 新总统将于1月就职。 |
| take cover (=hide) They’ re shooting at us! Quick, take cover! 隐蔽 |
| take a risk Can you take the risk that you might lose your money? 你敢冒可能失去金钱的风险吗? |
| take (the) credit I did all the work, but Gill took all the credit. 我干了所有的活儿,但功劳却全是吉尔的。 |
| take control/command The rebels are taking control of the city. 叛乱者正控制着这座城市。 |
| take responsibility We must encourage fathers to take full responsibility for their children. 我们必须鼓励父亲们为孩子们负起全部的责任。 |
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22 | T to have or show a feeling or opinion 感到;形成;表露(某种情感或意见) |
| take offence I’ m afraid she took offence at my remarks. 恐怕我的话激怒了她。 |
| take (an) interest He’ s never taken much interest in his kids. 他从没对自己的孩子产生过很大兴趣。 |
| take pity on sb Lisa took pity on us and invited us to dinner. 莉萨同情我们,请我们吃饭。 |
| take a view/attitude I take the view that children should be told the truth. 我的观点是应该告诉孩子们真相。 |
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23 | I if a process takes, it is successful 成功;奏效 |
| The dye didn’ t take properly. 染色不太成功。 |
| I don’ t think your cuttings will take in this soil. 我觉得你的插枝在这种土壤里活不了。 |
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24 | T BRITISH to have responsibility for a group of students 负责;教 |
| Who takes the history class on Mondays? 谁教星期一的历史课? |
| take sb for sth Mr Churchley will be taking you for English. 丘兹利先生将给你们上英语课。 |
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25 | T literary if a man takes a woman , he has sex with her 和…发生性关系 |
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26 | T AMERICAN informal to cheat someone 欺骗 |
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- | can take sth or leave it informal |
| to not care whether you have , see , or do something |
| 有没有某物都行;做不做某事无所谓 |
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| I like chocolate, but I can take it or leave it. 我喜欢巧克力,但吃不吃都行。 |
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- | it takes all sorts (to make a world) spoken |
| used for saying that you find someone’ s behaviour surprising or strange |
| 大千世界,无奇不有;世上的人形形色色 |
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- | take place |
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| 发生;举行 |
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| The Olympics take place every four years. 奥运会每4年举行一次。 |
| I don’ t know exactly what took place in the classroom. 我不太清楚教室里究竟发生了什么事。 |
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- | you can’ t take sb anywhere spoken |
| used for saying that someone is behaving in a way that makes you embarrassed |
| 真不该带某人(表示某人的行为令人窘迫) |
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| Stop making that noise! I can’ t take you anywhere! 别吵了!我真不该带你来。 |
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- | you can’ t take it with you very informal |
| used for saying that someone should spend their money , because they cannot spend it after they are dead |
| 你总不能把钱带进棺材吧 |
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- | ˈtake ˌafter |
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| take after sb: to look or behave like an older relative (长相或举止)像(长辈) | In looks she takes after her father. 她长得像她父亲。 | |
- | ˌtake aˈgainst |
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| take against sb: to begin to dislike someone , often without having a good reason (常指无理由地)开始讨厌 | Martin took against her almost straight away. 马丁几乎一开始就讨厌她。 | |
- | ˌtake aˈpart |
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1 | to separate an object into pieces 拆开;拆散 | My watch stopped, so I took it apart. 我的表停了,所以我把它拆开了。 | |
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2 | mainly journalism to beat someone very easily in a game or sport (在比赛或体育运动中)一举击败,把…打得一败涂地 |
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3 | to criticize a person or an idea very severely 严厉批评;猛烈抨击 |
- | ˌtake aˈway from |
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| take away from sth: to reduce the positive effect or success of something 有损于;减损;贬低 | A few hooligans couldn’ t take away from the team’ s success. 几个小流氓对整个队的成功并无大碍。 | |
- | ˌtake ˈback |
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1 | to take something that you have bought back to the shops because it is broken or not suitable 退(货) | If you don’ t like the scarf, I can take it back. 要是你不喜欢这条围巾,我可以去退掉它。 | |
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2 | to accept someone again after they have left a relationship , job etc and want to return to it 重新接纳;允许…回来 | She had an affair, but then he took her back. 她曾红杏出墙,但他还是重新接纳了她。 | |
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3 | informal to admit that something you said to or about someone was wrong 收回(说过的错话) | I didn’ t mean what I said – I take it back. 我说的并不是这个意思,我收回我说过的话。 | |
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4 | take sb back: to remind someone of something in the past 使想起;使回忆起 | This song always takes me back to my childhood. 这首歌总是使我回忆起我的童年。 | |
- | ˌtake ˈdown |
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1 | to separate a large structure into pieces 拆卸;拆除 | The platform was taken down for safety reasons. 出于安全考虑,那个站台被拆除了。 | |
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2 | to write down information or a statement 记下 | The police took down our addresses and phone numbers. 警察记下我们的住址和电话号码。 | |
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3 | to lower your underwear or trousers without taking them off 拉低(内裤或裤子而不脱掉) |
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4 | informal to hit or shoot someone so that they fall down 击倒;射倒 |
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5 | take sb down: BRITISH to remove a prisoner from the place where they stand in a court 把(犯人)带下审判席 |
- | ˌtake ˈin |
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1 | take in sth: to include something 包含;包括 | The book takes in the period between 1891 and Lenin’ s death. 该书描写的是1891年至列宁逝世为止那段时间。 | |
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2 | to allow someone to stay in your house or your country 让…居住;接纳;收留 | refugees who were taken in during the war 战争期间接纳的难民 | | We decided to take in lodgers. 我们决定接纳房客。 | |
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3 | to understand and remember something that you hear or read 领会;理解 | I’ m not sure how much of his explanation she took in. 我不清楚她对他作出的解释理解了多少。 | |
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4 | usually passive to trick someone into believing something that is not true 欺骗 | Don’ t be taken in by their promises. 别被他们的承诺给骗了。 | |
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5 | to make a piece of clothing more narrow or tight , so that it fits you 改小(衣服) |
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6 | to accept something as real or true 接受 | He still hasn’ t really taken in his father’ s death. 他还没有真正接受父亲已死这个事实。 | |
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7 | to spend time looking at something 观赏;观看 | We sat there taking in the scenery. 我们坐在那儿欣赏风景。 | |
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8 | take in sth: to do work for someone else in your home 分担(家人的工作) | She has started taking in ironing. 她已开始帮着熨衣服了。 | |
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9 | take in sth: MAINLY AMERICAN to go to an entertainment or sport 观看(娱乐节目或体育活动) | We took in a couple of films. 我们看了几部电影。 | |
- | ˌtake ˈoff |
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1 | T to remove something , especially a piece of clothing 脱去(尤其是衣服) | I’ d better take my shoes off. 我最好把鞋子脱了。 | |
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2 | I if an aircraft takes off , it leaves the ground and starts flying (飞机)起飞 | The plane should take off on time. 飞机应当准时起飞。 | |
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3 | I to become successful or popular very fast 迅速成功;迅速走红 | Her business has really taken off. 她的生意真的迅速红火了起来。 | |
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4 | T take sth off: to have a particular amount of time away from work 从工作时间抽出(时间);休假 | I’ m taking Monday off to go to London. 我星期一不上班,要去伦敦。 | | We haven’ t taken any time off since last summer. 自从去年夏天以来我们就没休过假。 | |
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5 | I informal to leave a place suddenly 突然离开 | As soon as she saw George arrive, she just took off. 一看到乔治到来她就径自离开了。 | |
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6 | T informal to copy the way someone speaks or behaves, in order to entertain people (为了逗乐别人而)模仿(某人的谈吐或举止) | Beth can take off Judy Garland brilliantly. 贝思能活灵活现地模仿朱迪·加兰。 | |
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1 | T to start to employ someone 开始雇用 | We’ re not taking on any new staff at the moment. 眼下我们不雇用新职员。 | |
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2 | T take on sth: to develop a particular character or appearance 呈现 | Our website is taking on a new look. 我们的网站正呈现出一幅新面貌。 | | The war took on a different meaning for everyone involved. 这场战争对于所有涉及的人来说有着不同的意义。 | |
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3 | T to accept some work or responsibility 承担 | I can’ t take on any more work at the moment. 我眼下承担不了更多的工作。 | |
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4 | T to fight or compete against someone 与…较量;与…比赛 | This evening Manchester United take on Barcelona. 今晚曼彻斯特联队要与巴塞罗纳队较量一番。 | |
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5 | take on T to decide to do something without asking permission from anyone else (未经允许就)决定 | take it on/upon yourself (to do sth) My mother took it on herself to invite them. 我母亲自作主张邀请了他们。 | |
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6 | I informal old-fashioned to become upset 变得心烦意乱;大惊小怪 | Don’ t take on so! 别这么大惊小怪! | |
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1 | to remove something from a pocket , bag etc 取出;拿出 | Henry took out his wallet. 亨利取出了钱包。 | | The officer started to take her notebook out. 这位官员开始拿出她的笔记本。 | |
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2 | to take someone to a place like a cinema or a restaurant and usually pay for them 带(某人)出去(吃饭或看电影等) | take sb out for sth She’ s taking her parents out for dinner. 她正带父母出去吃饭。 | |
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3 | to get something officially , especially from an insurance company , bank , or law court (尤指从保险公司、银行或法院)正式获得,正式取得 | They’ ve taken out a huge advertisement in the national press. 他们已经获准在全国性报刊上做一个大幅广告。 | | When you take out insurance, read the small print. 办理保险手续时请阅读小号铅字所写的内容。 | |
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4 | informal to kill someone or destroy something 杀死;毁坏 | The night bombing raid took out the bridge. 夜间的空袭摧毁了这座桥。 | |
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5 | BRITISH to make a piece of clothing more loose , so that it fits you 改大(衣服) |
| - | take it out of you mainly spoken | | to need a lot of effort and make you feel very tired | | 使你筋疲力尽 | | | | Playing tennis in this heat really takes it out of you. 这种大热天打网球真的会把你累倒。 | | | - | take sb out of themselves informal | | to help someone to forget their problems | | 帮某人忘记烦恼 | | | | | - | take sth out on sb | | to make someone suffer because you are angry , upset , or tired , even though it is not their fault | | 把…发泄在某人身上;拿某人出气 | | | | When he’ s under pressure at work, he takes it out on me. 他工作有压力时总是拿我当出气筒。 | | | |
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1 | I/T to begin to do something that someone else was doing 接手;接替;接任 | Can you take over the cooking while I walk the dog? 我出去遛狗的时候,你能否替我做饭? | | take (sth) over from sb I’ ll take over from you for a moment. 我帮你顶一会儿。 | | take over as sth Jane took over as director after Richard retired. 理查德退休后,简接任主任之职。 | |
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2 | T to take control of something 接管 | IBM is taking over the smaller company. IBM正着手接管这家规模较小的公司。 | | Gibraltar was taken over by Spain in 1462. 直布罗陀于1462年由西班牙接管。 | |
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| take sb through sth: to explain to someone in detail how something should be done , what something is about etc 向(某人)详细解释(某事) | Here’ s my report. I’ ll take you through it if you like. 这是我的报告。如果你想听的话,我会详细向你解释。 | |
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1 | take to sb/sth: to begin to like someone or something 开始喜欢 | I took to John immediately. 我一下就喜欢上约翰了。 | |
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2 | to start doing something as a habit 开始养成…的习惯 | take to doing sth Recently he’ s taken to wearing a cap. 近来他有了戴帽子的习惯。 | |
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3 | take to sth: old-fashioned to go to a place , especially your bed 到;去;(尤指)上(床) | Joanne says she’ s ill, and she’ s taken to her bed. 乔安妮说她生病了,还说她已经上床休息了。 | |
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1 | to start doing something regularly as a habit , job , or interest 开始养成…的习惯;开始从事;开始对…产生兴趣 | I took up smoking when I was at school. 我上学时开始抽烟。 | | Chris has taken up jogging. 克里斯养成了慢跑的习惯。 | | take up a post/position The new surgeon will take up her post in May. 新的外科医生将于5月份上任。 | |
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2 | to fill a particular amount of space or time 占去(空间或时间) | These files take up a lot of disk space. 这些文件占去了很多的磁盘空间。 | | I’ ll try not to take up too much of your time. 我会尽量不占用你太多时间。 | |
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3 | take up sth: to accept an offer or a challenge (= an offer to fight or compete) that someone has made to you 接受(建议或挑战) | Schools are taking up the offer of cut-price computers. 各校正在接受优惠电脑报价。 | | One of our greatest athletes has taken up a new challenge. 我们其中有一名最优秀的运动员已经接受了新的挑战。 | |
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4 | to reduce the length of a piece of clothing or some curtains 收短,改短,裁短(衣服或布帘) |
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5 | to continue to discuss or deal with an idea , problem , or suggestion 继续(谈论或处理某事) | She fell silent, and her brother took up the story. 她陷入沉默,她哥哥接着讲了下去。 | | Mrs Pankhurst took up the cause of women’ s rights. 潘克赫斯特太太继续为女权事业而努力。 | |
| - | take up arms formal | | to start a battle using weapons | | 拿起武器开始战斗 | | | | | - | take up residence formal | | to start living somewhere | | 开始居住 | | | | | |
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| take sb up on sth: to accept an offer or invitation that someone has made 接受(建议或邀请) | I’ ve decided to take you up on that job offer. 我决定接受你提议的那份工作。 | |
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| take up with sb: to become friendly with someone , especially someone who could have a bad influence on you 开始结交;开始与(尤其是可能带来不良影响的人)交往 | I don’ t want you to take up with the wrong crowd. 我希望你不要交上不良朋友。 | |
| - | be taken up with sth | | to be busy doing , discussing, or thinking about something | | 忙于某事 | | | | The whole meeting was taken up with arguing about the budget. 整个会议都在忙于讨论预算问题。 | | She was completely taken up with her own worries. 她被自己的烦心事弄得焦头烂额。 | | | |
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| take on 5 | We took it upon ourselves to organize a quiz. 我们自己决定组织一次测验。 | |
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