| 词汇 | take up |
| 释义 | take up A. [take sth/sb up, take up sth/sb] transitive verb (carry to higher level) 拿…上去 ‹book, box, tray›; (accompany to higher level) 带…上去 ‹person, animal›▸ to take sth up to sb/sth; 将某物拿上去给某人/拿到上面某处 ▸ can you take the phone up to her? 请你把电话拿上去给她 ▸ to take sb up to sb/sth; 带某人上去见某人/带到上面某处 ▸ he took the doctor up to her room 他带医生上去到她房间里 B. [take sth up, take up sth] transitive verb ① (accept) 接受 ‹offer, invitation, challenge›② (mention, raise) 提出 ‹matter, question›▸ to take up sb's case 提交某人的案件 ▸ to take up sth with sb; 向某人提出某事 ▸ I suggest you take this up with the boss 我建议你向老板提出此事 ③ (shorten) 将…改短 ‹skirt, trousers, curtains›④ (absorb) 吸收 ‹liquid, water, ink›⑤ (remove) 掀起 ‹carpet, railway track›; 翻起 ‹road, runway›⑥ (pick up) 拿起 ‹pen, brush, violin›⑦ (start to engage in or work in) 开始从事 ‹activity, job, career›; 开始学 ‹tennis, piano›▸ to take up one's duties or responsibilities 担负起职责 ⑧ (add one's voice to) 加入 ‹chorus, refrain›▸ to take up a cry 齐声高呼 ⑨ (resume, return to) 继续 ‹story, work, discussion›; 回到 ‹item›▸ I’d like to take up the point you raised earlier 我想回到你刚才提出的那一点 C. [take up sth] transitive verb ① (use up) 占用 ‹space›; 耗费 ‹energy›▸ it takes up too much time 这太费时间 ▸ to be taken up with sth; 忙于某事 ② (move into) «troops, army» 占据 ‹position›③ (adopt) 采取 ‹attitude, stance›▸ to take up a high moral tone 大唱道德高调 D. intransitive verb «person, episode, book» 继续 ▸ to take up where sb/sth left off; 从某人/某事中断的地方接下去 |
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