take up
- v. 拿起；开始；从事；吸收；接纳；占去；继续做；做某事消遣
详细释义
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pursue or resume;
"take up a matter for consideration"
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adopt;
"take up new ideas"
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turn one's interest to;
"He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
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take up time or space;
"take up the slack"
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begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
"Take up a position"
"start a new job"
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take up and practice as one's own
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occupy or take on;
"He assumes the lotus position"
"She took her seat on the stage"
"We took our seats in the orchestra"
"She took up her position behind the tree"
"strike a pose"
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take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
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take out or up with or as if with a scoop;
"scoop the sugar out of the container"
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accept;
"The cloth takes up the liquid"
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take in, also metaphorically;
"The sponge absorbs water well"
"She drew strength from the minister's words"
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take up as if with a sponge
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return to a previous location or condition;
"The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
双语例句
- 1. I won't take up any more of your time.
- 我不再占用你的时间了。
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- 2. We will take up references after the interview.
- 我们在面试之后收推荐信。
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- 3. I'd like to take up the point you raised earlier.
- 我想继续谈一谈你早些时候提出的问题。
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- 4. That's a matter for you to take up with your boss.
- 这个问题你得去和你的老板进行交涉。
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- 5. Mr. Fay is to take up an appointment as a researcher.
- 费伊先生将担任研究员的职务。
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- 6. It is not difficult to take up a new career in midlife.
- 人到中年开始新的事业并不难。
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- 7. He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.
- 他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。
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- 8. The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office.
- 副总统被迫走马上任。
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- 9. Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study?
- 既然你安顿下来了，为什么不做些认真的研究呢？
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- 10. He left a career in teaching to take up a position with the NEH.
- 他放弃了教职，以便在国家人文基金会任职。
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- 11. They were not able to take up residence in their new home until the spring.
- 他们到第二年春天才住进了新家。
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- 12. It seemed that the pilot had another ship to take up the river that evening.
- 似乎该领航员那天晚上还要引领另一艘船沿河而上。
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- 13. As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off.
- 只要警察不在，暴力就会死灰复燃。
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- 14. He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.
- 他将于下个月底开始担任民事法庭的庭长。
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- 15. They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met.
- 他们威胁说，如果要求得不到满足就拿起武器对抗政府。
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- 16. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time.
- 我知道你一定很忙，当然我不想占用你太多的时间。
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- 17. These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space so they take less time to download.
- 这些文件已被压缩以占用更少的磁盘空间，这样它们需要更短的时间下载。
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- 18. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time.
- 做梦大约占我们睡眠时间的四分之一。
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- 19. Insects take up little space and don't make much waste.
- 昆虫只占很小的空间，也不会造成很多的浪费。
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- 20. I'm afraid moving all those boxes will take up too much time.
- 恐怕搬这些箱子会占用太多时间。
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- 21. It represents a failure of wider society to take up the issue.
- 这代表着广大社会在接手这一问题上的失败。
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- 22. Now that you are able to take up arms and defend your motherland.
- 你现在能够披坚执锐，保卫祖国了。
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- 23. The bin can also compress the waste so it will take up less space.
- 垃圾桶还可以压缩垃圾，这样就会占用更少的空间。
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- 24. I firmly believe that my experience is adequate to take up this job.
- 我坚信我的经验足够让我从事这份工作。
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- 25. You can listen to it, or take up playing an instrument in your spare time.
- 你可以听听它，或者在业余时间玩玩乐器。
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- 26. 1 really want a seat that doesn't take up any floor space when I don't need it.
- 我真的想要一个在我不需要的时候不占地板空间的座椅。
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- 27. Peter will take up his post as the head of the travel agency at the end of next month.
- 彼得将在下个月月底担任旅行社的负责人。
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- 28. The helicopter has not only powerful weapons and armor, but it can take up to 8 gunners.
- 这架直升机不仅有强大的武器和装甲，还可以带上8名枪手。
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- 29. You'll never guess what happened to me! A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga.
- 你绝对猜不到我发生了什么事！几周前，我决定开始练习瑜伽。
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- 30. Too long a sentence will take up costly space better used for the violent and unremorseful.
- 太长的句子会占用昂贵的空间，而这些空间可以被更好地用于暴力和无情的人。
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- She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。 - When did you take up Japanese as a second foreign language?
你什么时间开始选修日语作为第二语言? - It is necessary for us to take up productive labour.
我们需要从事生产劳动。 - Use a blotter to take up the spilt ink.
用一张吸墨纸把溅出来的墨水吸掉。 - You should take up my suggestion and start saving money.
你应该接受我的建议,开始存钱。 - They take up too much space.
它们占了太多空间。 - She took up the narrative where John had left off.
她接着讲约翰未讲完的故事。
用法讲解
- take up the gauntlet 应战(护卫)
- take up with 开始与 ... 来往...
- take up the slack 拉直松弛的绳索...
- take up for 支持(维护
- take up arms 拿起武器
- take up arms against 拿起武器反对...
- take up arms for 拿起武器捍卫...
- take someone up sharp 唐突地打断某人...
- take up the threads of 继续讲下去
- take up the thread 接着讲下去
- take up the hatchet 开始(宣战)
- take up a subscription 募捐
- take something up with someone 就某事向某人提意见...
- take up the ball 接着讲(值班...
- take up one's quarters 住下来
- take me not up before I fall 在你回答我以前,先听...
- take up someone's refrain 为某人帮腔
- take up one's cross 准备忍受苦难...
- take someone up on 要求某人兑现...
- take up the position 主张(认为)
相关词汇
- shoulder 肩膀
- embrace 拥抱
- resort (度假)胜地
- study 研究
- take in 接受
- sop up 吸水
- take over 接收
- assume 假定
- strike 罢工
- seize on 利用
- absorb 吸收
- soak up 吸收
- adopt 采用
- take 拿
- suck up 吸收
- hook on 钩住
- lift out 提升
- latch on 抓住
- resume 重新开始
- suck 啜
- draw 拖
- imbibe 饮
- sorb 山梨
- suck in 吸收
- borrow 借
- fasten on 抓住, 紧紧握住, 纠缠...
- scoop 铲子
- scoop out 舀出
- scoop up 用铲子取
- start 开始
