| 单词 | take up |
| 释义 | take up1.■拿起，捡起，举起，拔起；拿走：She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。They took up arms and fought for their faith and liberty.他们拿起武器为信仰和自由而斗争。2.■吸收(水分)；溶解(固体)：She used a blotting paper to take up the ink.她用吸墨纸吸墨。How much water is needed to take up the sugar?这糖需要多少水才能溶解?3.■占用，占(地方)：All available accommodation were taken up.房间都住满了。4.■占去(地方、时间、注意力等)；费(时间)；占据(注意力)：I'm sorry I've already taken up so much of your valuable time.对不起，我占了你这么多宝贵时间。The piano takes up too much space.这架钢琴占地方太多。5.■安(家)，定(居)；在…安置下来：He married a French woman and took up his residence in Paris.他和一个法国女人结了婚，并在巴黎定居。to take up one's residence with someone和某人居住在一起6.■让(乘客等)上车；(车等)接纳(乘客)；(船)承载(货物)：The school bus stopped to take up pupils.校车停下来让小学生们上车。7.■开始从事(一项事业、一种职业等)，学习(某种知识、技能等)；着手处理(某事)；关注；对…发生兴趣；论及：He took up writing after graduation.毕业后他开始从事写作。to take up swimming开始学游泳8.■采纳(信仰、意见等)，接受；采取(某种态度)；承担：She took up my suggestion enthusiastically.她热情地采纳了我的建议。He took up a compromising attitude towards the question.他对这个问题采取了妥协的态度。9.■接受(打赌、挑战、建议等)，接受…的打赌(或挑战、建议等)：No one dared take up the challenge.谁也不敢应战。She took up my offer of a ride into town.她接受我的提议，乘车进城。10.■得到，获得：The animal took up the disease.那个动物染上了病。11.■(为表示异议等)打断…的话；打断并校正；指责，申斥：She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.当学生出现口误时，她立刻打断他。12.■申请；对…提出要求：to take up one's social welfare要求社会福利13.■接着讲，接下去说；继续(中断的话)：The teacher took up the lesson where he left off last week.老师接着上星期停下来的地方把课文讲下去。to take up one's story继续讲故事14.■(把)(未完的事等)继续下去；从别人的手中接过来：Tom took up where his father left off.汤姆继承了父亲未尽的事业。15.■当…的保护人；收于(门下)；关照；提携；赞助：The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.这个年轻人很走运，他得到了一位著名小说家的指教。16.■逮捕，拘捕，捉住：He was taken up for drunkenness.他因酗酒而被拘留。They took up a pickpocket.他们捉住一个扒手。17.■扎住(动脉等)；收紧；调除：Take up these loose ropes.把这些松了的绳子拉紧。to take up the slack in a rope把绳索的松垂部分拉紧18.■收缩，改短(衣服)；(编织时)钩起(漏针)；绕紧；扎紧：She has taken up the legs of the trousers.她已经把裤腿改短。It has been taken up an inch.已经将它收短了一英寸。19.■(把…)卷绕起来：This part of machine is for taking up the film.机器的这个部分是用来卷胶卷的。20.■付清(票据)；(按抵押)垫款；承兑(汇票) ；认购(公债等)；募(捐)；收受(抵押品)；全部买去，全部买下：We will take up a collection to help the needy.我们将募捐救济穷人。All available tickets were taken up.所有的票都被买光了。21.■(漏洞等)自动闭合22.■翻修23.■(天气等)变晴朗；变好：The weather is going to take up at last.天气终于要放晴了。Business is taking up.生意正在好起来。24.■(学校)开学；上课：The school takes up at nine.学校9点钟开始上课。25.■抓住(笑话、典故等的)要点：We didn't take up his joke.我们不知道他的笑话好笑在哪里。Don't take me up wrongly.别误解我的意思。26.■[方言] 停住，克制自己，悬崖勒马27.■[古语] 解决(争吵等) |
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