take up

T 开头单词

柯林斯词典

take up (taking,took,taken,takes)

1. PHRASAL VERB If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career. 开始从事
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。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. 着手处理; 讨论如何处理
If you have a problem with the law, take it up with your legislators. 如果你有法律问题，去找你们的立法员讨论如何处理。
She had taken up the cause of a generation of American youth. 她已经开始着手一代美国年轻人的事业。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. 开始工作
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。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. 接受 (建议或挑战)
Increasingly, more winemakers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir. 越来越多的葡萄酒商开始接受种植“黑比诺”葡萄的挑战。
5. PHRASAL VERB If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. 占用 (时间、空间或精力)
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。
A good deal of my time is taken up with driving the children to soccer games. 我的许多时间都用在开车送孩子们去参加足球比赛。

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