- 披上，穿上，戴上；呈现(面貌等)；具有(某种性质、特征等)：
The campus has taken on a new look.
校园换了新貌。
The old term has taken on a new meaning.
这个旧词有了新的含义。
The city took on an air of prosperity.
这个城市呈现出繁荣的景象。
The situation begins to take on a new light.
形势开始出现新的情况。
- 开始做，开始执行，开始处理；承担(责任等)；担任(工作)：
He took on the responsibility for collecting evidence for the trial.
他负责为审判收集证据。
to take on a teaching job
任教
- 开始交往：
When did she take on with that man?
她什么时候和那个人开始交往的?
- 参加工作(尤指参军)；重新入伍
- 接纳(乘客)；装载；允许进入：
The school bus stopped to take on pupils.
校车停下来让小学生上车。
to take cargo on
装货
- (开始)雇用；在某种关系中接受：
The supermarket is taking on a few temporary assistants for the Christmas season.
这家超市正在招收几名圣诞节期间上班的临时店员。
to take on apprentices
招收学徒
- 采用，采纳，采取：
He took on new ways of life after he got married.
他婚后开始了新的生活方式。
- 增加：
She took on 10 pounds 2 months after she went back to China.
回中国后两个月她体重增加了10磅。
- (列车等)把…载过目的地：
A special bus took the tourists on to a hotel.
一辆专车将游客们送到一家宾馆。
- 同(对手)较量；接受…的挑战；对付：
I'll take you on at billiards.
我要和你打台球。
He wants to take on that boxing champion.
他想和那个拳击冠军较量。
- 装出(某种样子)；摆架子；盛气凌人：
He took on not to know me.
他假装不认识我。
- [口语](因发怒等)激动；大惊小怪；发作；悲伤：
Don't take on so!
别那么伤心!
He took on about it.
他对那件事大惊小怪。
- 风行，流行；受欢迎；被接受：
That love song has really taken on.
那首情歌真是风行一时。
The high style didn't take on for some time.
这个女装新款式没流行多长时间。
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