take up

英 [teɪk ʌp] 美 [teɪk ʌp]

• v. 拿起；开始；从事；吸收；接纳；占去；继续做；做某事消遣

英英释义

Verb:

1. pursue or resume;

   "take up a matter for consideration"
   

2. adopt;

   "take up new ideas"
   

3. turn one's interest to;

   "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
   

4. take up time or space;

   "take up the slack"
   

5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;

   "Take up a position"
   "start a new job"
   

6. take up and practice as one's own

7. 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"
   

8. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop;

   "scoop the sugar out of the container"
   

10. accept;

    "The cloth takes up the liquid"
    

11. take in, also metaphorically;

    "The sponge absorbs water well"
    "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    

12. take up as if with a sponge

13. return to a previous location or condition;

    "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.
   她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。
2. 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?
3. It is necessary for us to take up productive labour.
   我们需要从事生产劳动。
4. Use a blotter to take up the spilt ink.
   用一张吸墨纸把溅出来的墨水吸掉。
5. You should take up my suggestion and start saving money.
   你应该接受我的建议,开始存钱。
6. They take up too much space.
   它们占了太多空间。
7. She took up the narrative where John had left off.
   她接着讲约翰未讲完的故事。

词汇搭配

• 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)

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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