carry sb/sth from one place to another
seize with the hand and hold
need (a period of time); spend
study sth; teach sb or give sb lessons or instructions
get; accept or receive
buy; rent
swallow; eat or drink
use as a way of getting from one place to another
test or measure sth; photograph sb/sth
write down
understand
have the stated feelings as to; consider
get for oneself
have the intended effect; work successfully
amount of fish or game; amount of money, taken or received
a scene that has been or is to be photographed for a moving picture
"the average return was about 5%"
"take action"
"take steps"
"take vengeance"
"It took three hours to get to work this morning"
"This event occupied a very short time"
"We lead him to our chief"
"can you take me to the main entrance?"
"He conducted us to the palace"
"Take a cookie!"
"Can you take this bag, please"
"His voice took on a sad tone"
"The story took a new turn"
"he adopted an air of superiority"
"She assumed strange manners"
"The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
"I read this address as a satire"
"How should I take this message?"
"You can't take credit for this!"
"Bring me the box from the other room"
"Take these letters to the boss"
"This brings me to the main point"
"We are taking an orphan from Romania"
"I'll take three salmon steaks"
"He takes the bus to work"
"She takes Route 1 to Newark"
"Take any one of these cards"
"Choose a good husband for your daughter"
"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
"The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"
"I won't have this dog in my house!"
"Please accept my present"
"She took the job as director of development"
"he occupies the position of manager"
"the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
"Take the case of China"
"Consider the following case"
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
"This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
"This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
"This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
"Take a test"
"Take the plunge"
"take a scene"
"shoot a movie"
"remove a threat"
"remove a wrapper"
"Remove the dirty dishes from the table"
"take the gun from your pocket"
"This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
"I don't take sugar in my coffee"
"We took a pay cut"
"take a risk"
"take an opportunity"
"Hitler took the Baltic Republics"
"The army took the fort on the hill"
"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"
"accept students for graduate study"
"We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
"take a pulse"
"A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
"She is reading for the bar exam"
"the accident claimed three lives"
"The hard work took its toll on her"
"The escaped convict took to the hills"
"We made for the mountains"
"Please don't aim at your little brother!"
"He trained his gun on the burglar"
"Don't train your camera on the women"
"Take a swipe at one's opponent"
"take sick"
"be taken drunk"
"She always takes an umbrella"
"I always carry money"
"She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
"We took an apartment on a quiet street"
"Let's rent a car"
"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
"We take the Times every day"
"I'll take a pound of that sausage"
"take shelter from the storm"
"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
"She took credit for the whole idea"
"This surface will not take the dye"
"This box won't take all the items"
"The flask holds one gallon"
"He took to visiting bars"
"We drive the turnpike to work"
"Winner takes all"
"He took first prize"
"He got AIDS"
"She came down with pneumonia"
"She took a chill"
Small boats being used to ferry the takes of fish to the..steamer.
出自:Daily Telegraph
Clouds and..sun succeeded each other, like takes in a film.
出自: W. Golding
An unprecedented sum but peanuts in terms of the movie's ultimate take.
出自:Listener
The Turks had taken two Castles in Hungary.
出自: A. Lovell
They're not taking me alive.
出自: J. Wain
这个答复使他大吃一惊,一时不知道说些什么好。
The little girl screamed and it took us aback .
小女孩的尖叫声吓了我们一跳。
We were all taken aback by the news of the Chairman's resignation.
主席辞职的消息使我们都感到惊异。
Jenny was taken aback by some of the portraits.
其中一些肖像画使詹妮大吃一惊。
I was taken aback by what I saw.
我被眼前看到的吓了一跳。
她长得像她母亲。
My great-grandfather is terribly forgetful and I take after him,I can never remember anything.
我的曾祖父非常健忘,我像他,什么也记不住。
Margaret takes after her father in being strong-willed.
玛格丽特意志坚强,像她父亲。
With her light hair and blue eyes Mary seems to take after her mother, but in character she is more like her father.
玛丽那浅色头发和蓝眼睛使她看上去像她母亲,而她的性格则更多像她父亲。
他们对他诉诸法律。
It's time to take action against the rising crime rate in this city.
该是采取措施防止这个城市犯罪率上升的时候了。
Action will be taken against anyone who breaks the law.
任何违法者都将受到指控。
假如我冒昧指出你的错误,请不要见怪。
His joke was taken amiss by some of the company.
他开玩笑的话使几个朋友不高兴。
把这块表拆卸开,看看你能否找到毛病在哪儿。
One error might make it necessary to take the whole thing apart and start over again .
只要出一点差错,就得全部拆卸,重新装配。
He took the machine apart to show every detail of its operation.
他把机器拆开,让大家看操作的每个细节。
To take the tower apart would mean wasting a lot of labour.
要把这座(反应)塔拆开会浪费大量劳动。
The reviewer mercilessly took apart the young writer's first novel.
评论家把这位年轻作者的第一部小说抨击得一无是处。
我是来取用过的盘子的。
Please don't take your hand away, it makes me think that you don't like me.
请不要把手拿开,那会让我认为你不喜欢我。
If you can move up behind the gunman you may be able to take his gun away without a fight.
如果你能摸到那带枪的歹徒身后,可能不用搏斗就能把他的枪夺下来。
Not to be taken away.
不要拿走。
These books are for reading in the library, and may not be taken away.
这些书只能在图书馆阅读,不能拿出去。 take sb/sth ⇔ away
I'd like to take you away for a holiday, but I don't know when we shall be able to afford it.
我真想带你去度假,可我不知道咱们什么时候能付得起这笔费用。
That school is terrible; I shall take the child away at once.
那学校太糟糕了,我马上就把孩子带走。
You have no business taking another man's wife away with you.
你没有权力带走一个有夫之妇。
What takes you away so early?
为什么你这么早就走?
They would allow foreign investors to take away their capital gains.
他们允许外国投资者把投资所获的利润带走。
The prisoner was taken away by an armed guard.
一个持枪的狱警把犯人带走了。 take sb/sth ⇔ away from sb/sth
The child was taken away from its parents on the recommendation of social workers.
这个孩子经社会福利工作人员介绍被人从其父母那儿领走了。
These magazines must not be taken away from the library.
这些杂志不得携带出图书馆。
His Olympic medals and trophies were taken away from him.
他的奥林匹克奖章和奖牌被收了回去。 take sth ⇔ away
This drug should help to take the pain away .
这药可以止痛。
If you put picric acid solution on a burn it will take the pain away at once.
如果你把苦味酸溶液涂在烧伤处可立即止痛。
I'm sorry, my attention was taken away for a moment.
对不起,刚才我走神了。 take sth ⇔ away (from sth)
27 take away 3 leaves 24.27
减去3还剩下24。
What is left when you take away 25 from 100?100
减去25还剩多少? take sth ⇔ away
I'd like three pieces of chicken to take away , please.
我要买三块鸡肉带走。 take sth ⇔ away
Don't let him take away your freedom to think for yourself.
别让他剥夺你独立思考的自由。 take sth ⇔ away
The shock news quite took my breath away .
这突如其来的消息简直让我惊讶不已。
你愿以500美元买这辆车吗?
Tom took the blame for his brother's mistake.
汤姆为他弟弟受过。
He was ready to take the consequences for his act.
他准备承担他的行动所引起的后果。 take a turn for the better
His illness has taken a turn for the better.
他的病情已经好转。
The weather took a turn for the better in the afternoon.
下午天气变好了。 take a turn for the worse
Her illness has taken a turn for the worse.
她的病情恶化了。
The situation in that country is taking a turn for the worse.
那个国家的形势正在恶化。 take it for granted that-clause
I just took it for granted that you had been told about this.
我只是认为你已知道了这件事。
A teacher cannot take it for granted that his students always do their assignments as required.
老师不能想当然地认为学生总是按要求完成作业。
Mr. Richard took it for granted that his son was doing well at school and he felt much relieved.
理查德先生以为儿子在学校学得不错,因而感到很宽慰。
We took it for granted that they would come and join us in the discussion.
我们满以为他们一定会来参加我们的讨论呢。
这句名言摘自《为人民服务》。
我跟你说过不要把热杯子放在钢琴上,请马上把它们拿走。
I can't take the lid off, it's stuck!
这盖子给卡住了,我拿不下来。
Help me to take this handle off.
帮我把这柄取下来。
Last night's strong wind nearly took the roof off!
昨夜的大风差一点把屋顶刮掉了。 take sb/sth ⇔ off
A gentleman takes his hat off when greeting a lady.
绅士向女士打招呼时总是要脱帽的。
I shall never take off this ring which you gave me until I die.
只要我活着,我绝不摘下你给我的这个戒指。
Taking off his coat, he jumped into the river to save the drowning child.
他脱掉外衣,跳进水里去救那溺水的孩子。
I knew that my father regarded me as a woman instead of a girl, the first time he took off his hat to me when we met.
当父亲见到我第一次脱帽向我致意时,我知道他已经不再把我看作小姑娘而是看作一位成年女人了。
You've done a remarkably fine job — I take my hat off to you!
你干得真出色——本人深表钦佩! take sth ⇔ off
In order to save the seriously wounded soldier, the surgeon decided to take off his left leg.
为了抢救那位重伤战士的生命,外科医生决定将他的左腿截去。 take sb ⇔ off
Before the ship sank, all the passengers were safely taken off.
船沉前所有的乘客都被救出来了。 take off
The six boys got into the car and took off for the drug store.
六个孩子上了汽车,匆忙离开去药店了。
I'd like to take off for the country as soon as I've finished work tomorrow.
我想明天工作一结束就到乡下去。 take sb/oneself ⇔ off
The director has taken the visitors off to his office.
经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
Take yourself off, you're not wanted here.
你走吧,这儿不需要你。 take off
The tiger took off from the ground with a powerful spring.
老虎从地上猛地一跃而起。
Watch that bird taking off from the branch!
注意看那只鸟从枝头飞起来! take off
A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.
直升机可以直接起飞和降落。
We took off so smoothly that the passengers could hardly feel it.
我们的飞机起飞非常平稳,乘客几乎没有感觉到。 take off
The attack will take off from our position near the harbour.
将从我们在港口附近的阵地上发起攻击。 take sth ⇔ off
The early morning train is being taken off for the summer.
早班火车夏季将停运。
The 5 a.m. train has long been taken off.
凌晨5点的那趟车早已被取消了。 take sth ⇔ off
It is said the concert has been taken off.
据说音乐会已经被取消了。
The play was taken off after only three performances.
这出戏只演了三场就停止公演了。 take sth ⇔ off
We have taken the fish off, as it was not good.
这鱼不好,我们把它从菜单上去掉了。 take sth ⇔ off
I'm so pleased that I've been able to take off all that weight and get into my good clothes again!
我的体重终于大减,那些漂亮的衣服又合身了,我真高兴!
They took off 25 percent discount for each article.
他们给每件商品都打了七五折。 take sth ⇔ off
The government has promised to take off the new tax as soon as possible.
政府答应尽快减少新征税额。 take sth ⇔ off
I'd like to take next Monday off to visit my sister in hospital.
我想下星期一休一天假,去看望我那住院的姐姐。
I'm going to take a week off next month.
下个月我要休假一个星期。
You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?
你需要休息,为什么不休假两周呢? take sb ⇔ off
Bob likes to take his teachers off.
鲍勃喜欢模仿他的老师。
Bill took off Winston Churchill to perfection.
比尔模仿丘吉尔,模仿得惟妙惟肖。
The children do like to take off the new teacher, who has a noticeable manner of walking.
那位新来的老师走路的样子很特别,孩子们很喜欢模仿他。 take sb ⇔ off
The captain decided to take Snow off and try a slower bowler.
队长决定把斯诺撤下,换一个动作慢一点的投球手试一试。 take off
After a slow start, the plan soon took off and was accepted by all the directors.
该计划开始时进展缓慢,但后来很快取得了成功,从而获得了所有董事的同意。
The circle of supply and demand should soon take off as the country's trade position improves.
由于国家贸易地位的改善,供销一定会很快出现兴旺局面。 take off
We must provide some really interesting new courses where the students can really take off.
我们必须设置一些学生们真正喜欢的确实有趣的新课程。
Many young people take off on loud music.
许多年轻人一听到喧噪的音乐就兴奋起来。 take sb ⇔ off
She was taken off by a rare tropical fever some years ago.
几年前一种罕见的热病夺去了她的生命。 take oneself off
A quarrel was developing between husband and wife; it was high time I took myself off.
丈夫与妻子越吵越厉害,我该走开才是。 take off the gloves
Watch out for trouble when the director takes off the gloves to his Board!
当那位董事要与董事会争吵起来,要谨防出乱子!
咱们去玛丽家吧。碰碰运气,也许她在那儿呢。
每当他白天工作不顺心时,回到家里就会向妻子儿女发脾气。
罢工工人接管了工厂。
She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后,她接替了他的工作。
我们通常开车送孩子们上学去。
The children were taken to Richmend Memorial Hospital for examination.
孩子们被带到里士满医院去作体格检查。 take to sth
The criminals took to the hills to escape from police.
罪犯们为了躲避警察而逃入山中。 take sb to sth
Father is ill, so he's taken to his bed.
父亲病了,因此卧床休息了。 take to sb/sth/v-ing
He took to Sally from the moment he met her.
他一见到萨莉就喜欢上她了。
She thought she would be nervous looking after the horses but she soon took to them.
她原以为她会害怕养马的,但她很快喜欢起它们来了。
We ask him if the Russians would take to golf.
我们问他俄国人是否喜欢高尔夫球。
Bill took to drink while he was a sailor.
比尔在当水手时很喜欢喝酒。
He has recently taken to staying in bed of a Sunday morning.
他最近养成了星期日早上不起床的习惯。 take to sth/v-ing
After a few years as a teacher he left the profession and took to journalism.
他当了几年教师之后,又改行当起记者来。
He took to repairing watches in his spare time.
他开始利用空闲时间修表。 take to sth
He took to French as though it had been his native language.
他觉得法语就像母语一样容易学。
Father tried to teach John to swim, but John didn't take to it.
父亲试图教约翰游泳,但约翰很难学会。
小心别光着手去拿烫煤。
He took up the telephone receiver and began to dial.
他拿起电话听筒开始拨号码。
Taking up a child under each arm she ran out of the fire.
她一手抱起一个孩子,冲出大火。 take sth ⇔ up
The men are coming tomorrow to take the stair mat up, ready for our move.
工人们明天要来掀掉楼梯地毯,为我们搬家作准备。
This old tree will have to be taken up by its roots.
这棵老树必须连根拔起。
Half the road surface is being taken up to lay new electric wires.
为了埋新电线,一半路面被掀开。 take sb/sth ⇔ up
Who will take breakfast up to your mother?
谁上楼给你妈妈送早餐?
Please take these letters up to the main office.
请把这些信件送到总局。 take sth ⇔ up
This kind of paper claims to be able to take up more liquid than any other kind.
据说这种纸比其他纸吸水性强。 take sth ⇔ up
It's very difficult to take up a dropped stitch in this pattern.
这种织法要补针极难。 take sth ⇔ up
Now the fashion tells us all to take our skirts up again!
现在的流行式样又让咱们都把裙子弄短! take sth ⇔ up
It can take up the whole afternoon to prepare a meal.
准备一顿饭有时要费一下午的时间。
The table takes up too much room.
这张桌子占的地方太大。
That big clock will have to go, it takes up too much space in the small hall.
那个大钟得拿走,它在这小厅里占的地方太大。
Writing in another language demands so much effort that it takes up all my attention.
用另外一种语言写作太费劲,我得全力以赴才行。 take sth ⇔ up
When does the Minister take up his office?
那位部长何时就职?
I hope to take up my new duties as your chairman at the next meeting.
我希望在下届大会以你们主席的身份开始工作。 take sth ⇔ up
At the age of sixty he took up the study of Russian.
在60岁时他开始学习俄语。
When did Joan first take up music?
琼是什么时候开始对音乐感兴趣的?
I wish I'd never taken up smoking.
我要是从不吸烟就好了。 take sb ⇔ up
Jane will be lucky if she is taken up by the famous singer.
如果简得到那位著名歌唱家提挈,她就会走运。
Beckett was taken up by Joyce before becoming a famous writer.
贝克特在成为名作家之前受到过乔伊斯的指导。 take sb/sth ⇔ up
The train stops here to take up any further passengers, and then goes fast all the way to London.
列车在这里停车,再上一些乘客,然后快速直驶伦敦。 take sth ⇔ up
Joan took up the story when her sister forgot the next detail.
琼的妹妹忘记了后面的故事情节,琼便接着讲下去。
I put the telephone down and took up my work again.
我放下电话继续干我的活。 take sth ⇔ up
All the other children in the bus took up the song.
公共汽车上的其他孩子们也都跟着唱起那首歌来。
The whole crowd took up the shout.
整个人群都呼喊起来。 take sth ⇔ up
I'd like to take the boy's case up with a good lawyer.
我想把那孩子的案件交给一位优秀的律师办理。
I'll ask the next speaker to take up your suggestion.
我将请下一位发言人谈谈你的建议。 take sth ⇔ up
I'd like to take up your offer of a ride into town.
我愿接受你的邀请,搭你的车进城。 take sb ⇔ up
I must take you up here,I cannot agree.
我必须在此打断你一下,我不能同意。
You won't get far with your statement before the chairman takes you up short!
你说不了几句话主席就会打断你!
I took him up sharply when he mentioned the wrong date.
当他提到那个错误的日期时,我打断了他的话。 take sth ⇔ up
The girls will take up a collection at the end of the concert.
音乐会结束时,姑娘们就要募集捐款。 take sth ⇔ up
When can we take up the new shares?
我们什么时候才能付新股票的钱?
He kindly offered to take up the note of my debt.
他好意地提出要为我支付欠债单。 take up
The boat has been in the water a long time, and the boards have taken up.
这艘船已下水很长时间了,船板都紧了。 take sth ⇔ up
Take up those loose ropes, your tent will fall down!
把那些松了的绳子拉紧,你的帐篷要倒了!
This part of the machine is for taking up the film.
机器的这一部件用来拉紧胶片。
These wires must be taken up or the machine will not work.
必须把这些电线绕紧,否则机器不能运转。 take up arms against sb/sth
All the young men of the village offered to take up arms against the neighbouring people who kept attacking them and stealing their cattle.
村里的年轻人都愿意拿起武器,迎战那些不断攻击他们并偷盗他们家畜的邻村人。 take up a attitude〔position〕
Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.
一旦他采取防范的态度,再要使他相信什么也不必担心就困难了。
I wonder if he really means that, or if he's just taking up a position on the matter.
我不知道他是真有那种意思呢,还是仅仅在此问题上表明一下自己的观点。 take up the cause of sth
More people are beginning to take up the cause of children's rights.
有更多的人开始投身于维护儿童权益的事业中。 take up a challenge
He said you can't possibly finish in time; are you going to take up his challenge?
他说你未必能按时完成; 你打算接受他的挑战吗? take up sth for sth
Someone has to take up the cudgels for children's rights, as the children are helpless to do it themselves.
必须有人来大力维护儿童权益,因为他们自己尚无力争取。
她已经与那个她在伦敦碰到的人来往了。
She has taken up with some very strange people.
她和一些很古怪的人交往密切。
Frank has taken up with Lucy lately.
弗兰克最近常与露西在一起。
He has taken up with a bunch of pleasant, hardworking friends.
他结交了一批性情愉快、工作努力的朋友。 take up with sb/sth
He is not one to take up readily with new ideas.
他并不是一个乐意接受新观念的人。 take up with sth
She took up with the idea of becoming a musician.
她一心想成为一个音乐家。 take sb up with sth
He can't help, he's too taken up with his own problems.
他帮不了什么忙,他自己的问题还应付不了呢。
He's very taken up with his new job.
他一心扑在新的工作上。
I am quite taken up with the author's style.
我非常喜欢这个作者的风格。
I will take this pen.
我要买这支笔。
They have taken the cottage for the winter.
他们为了过冬租赁个小屋。
He has taken in several points of interest during the last week.
上周他参观了不少名胜古迹。
When will the new manager take over?
新的管理者什么时候接管?
He has taken to this good habit.
他开始养成这个好习惯。
误 The girls took flowers in their hands to welcome us.
正 The girls held flowers in their hands to welcome us.
析 take作“拿,取”解时是非延续性动词,不能表示持续性动作。
误 Great changes have been taken place in my home town since 1978.
正 Great changes have taken place in my home town since 1978.
析 take place是不及物的短语动词,不可用于被动结构。
误 I took part in the college entrance examination last July.
正 I took the college entrance examination last July.
正 I sat for the college entrance examination last July.
析 take part in表示“参加某项活动”,如表示“参加考试”,应说take the examination或sit for the examination。
误 Painting the room spent me a week.
正 Painting the room took me a week.
析 spend和take都有“花费”的意思, spend作谓语时,主语必须是人,而take的主语可以是一件事。
误 I take two hours to go to work and come back by bus every day.
正 It takes me two hours to go to work and come back by bus every day.
析 take作“花费”解时不能用表示人的名词或代词作主语,应该用表示事的名词或代替动词不定式短语的形式主语it作主语。
误 He took heavy cold the other day.
正 He took a heavy cold the other day.
析 表示“患感冒”可以说 take cold,这时cold 之前没有不定冠词a。但是如果cold前面有形容词,则形容词之前一定要有不定冠词a。
误 Learning takes your time.There is no way of speeding it up.
正 Learning takes time.There is no way of speeding it up.
误 I can't enjoy a hurried breakfast; I like to take time over it.
正 I can't enjoy a hurried breakfast; I like to take my time over it.
析 这里 take time 的意思是“费时间”“花工夫”。take one's time 的意思是“慢慢来”“从容不迫”。
误 The accident took place sometime last week.
正 The accident happened sometime last week.
析 happen 一般指事故的“偶然发生”,如交通事故、车祸、地震、火灾等。而take place是固定短语,意思为“举行、发生”,一般指通过安排而举行、发生。
误 Jim and Della both took pride of their possessions.
正 Jim and Della both took pride in their possessions.
析 “为…感到自豪”,可用take pride in,这里的介词in不能换用of。
误 It's raining. Take an umbrella.
正 It's raining. Take an umbrella with you.
析 要说明“把东西随身带去”,应该用take sth with sb, with sb 不可省略。
误 Put off your wet clothes.
正 Take off your wet clothes.
析 put off是“推迟,搪塞,劝阻,不喜欢,下车”之意。“穿衣”的英语表示法是put on,它的反义词组不是put off,而是take off。
误 The plane took away from the airport and headed south towards Guangzhou.
正 The plane took off from the airport and headed south towards Guangzhou.
析 take off from可以指飞机“从…起飞”。而 take away from是“贬低,贬损”之意。
误 He took some magazines out from his drawer.
正 He took some magazines out of his drawer.
析 take ...out意为“拿出…”,若表示“从…中拿出”,应该用take...out of结构,介词用of不用from。
误 The children are taken good care by the nurses.
正 The children are taken good care of by the nurses.
析 take care of意为“照顾”,是及物动词短语。用于被动结构时of不可以省略。
误 She stayed home and took care of her baby very well.
正 She stayed home and took good care of her baby.
析 表示“照顾得好”可以说 take good care of,而不可用 very well 来修饰固定短语 take care of。
误 They have taken a lot of trouble buying these books for us.
正 They have taken a lot of trouble to buy these books for us.
析 take trouble意为“费事”,后接不定式时可表示“做某事很麻烦”,而接动名词不具备这个意思。
误 We took for granted that you knew the whole matter.
正 We took it for granted that you knew the whole matter.
析 take...for granted意为“视为当然”,是并无确实证据即信以为真的意思。在这个结构中,常用it作形式宾语,真正的宾语为后面的从句。
误 She has learned four languages. Next year she will take Italian.
正 She has learned four languages. Next year she will take up Italian.
析 “开始学〔做〕某事”“从事某项工作”,英语应该用take up sth 表示。去掉up就不能表达此义。
误 Sorry we have taken so much of your time.
正 Sorry we have taken up so much of your time.
析 英语可以用take up sth 来表示“占用(时间或空间)”。而去掉up就不能表达此义。
误 John's taken to drink too much lately.
正 John's taken to drinking too much lately.
析 take to...表示“开始从事于…,养成…的习惯”,其中to是介词,其后应接名词或动名词。
误 He took his son from the hand.
正 He took his son by the hand.
析 take sb by 意为“握住或拉住(某人的某部分)”,这里by不可以换作from。
误 The policeman said he would take the charge of the gun.
正 The policeman said he would take charge of the gun.
析 表示“负责(处理某事或照看某人)”“接管”的含义,可以用take charge of,注意charge 之前不可以加定冠词the。
误 He was so angry with her that he took revenge at her cat.
正 He was so angry with her that he took revenge on her cat.
析 表达“向…报复”,可以用 take revenge on sb/sth,这里的on不可以用at代替。
误 He took his friend's advice to his heart.
正 He took his friend's advice to heart.
误 As soon as she saw the small child she took it to heart.
正 As soon as she saw the small child she took it to her heart.
析 表示“把…牢记在心”“认真对待”可以说 take sth to heart。而take to one's heart 的意思是“喜欢上…”“对…有好感”。
误 He took his mind away the problem by playing a game of tennis.
正 He took his mind off the problem by playing a game of tennis.
析 表示“使…不再想起”可用take one's mind off,这里的off 不可以用away 代替。
误 They no longer have to take up large numbers of temporary staff during the busy season.
正 They no longer have to take on large numbers of temporary staff during the busy season.
析 “雇用”可以译作 take on。take up 的意思是“开始从事”“接受”“接纳”等,没有“雇用”之意。
误 I had no idea that he had taken leave of himself.
正 I had no idea that he had taken his leave.
误 He took his wife's leave at the airport.
正 He took leave of his wife at the airport.
析 表示“离开”可以用take one's leave,表示“与…人告别”可以用take leave of sb。
误 He was in a hurry and took the French leave.
正 He was in a hurry and took French leave.
析 take French leave 是“不声不响地离开”“不辞而别”的意思,French之前没有the。
误 She took his patience for a sign of weakness.
正 She took his patience as a sign of weakness.
误 They took me as my twin brother.
正 They took me for my twin brother.
析 take...as/for都有“认为…是…”“把…当作…”的意思,但take与as连用一般表示与事实相符的情况,而take与for连用一般表示与事实不符的情况。
误 They took turn to look after the baby.
正 They took turns to look after the baby.
析 表示“(大家)轮流做某事”时,我们可以用take turns或take one's/a turn这种形式,没有take turn形式。
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