take up
短语拿起, 开始从事, 继续, 接纳, 吸收, 占据, 拘捕, 承兑, 认购, 绷紧 [经] 付清, 承兑(汇票), 认购(债券等)
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Alternative form of take-up.
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To lift; to raise.
To pick up.
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To lift; to raise.
To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway).
及物We're going to have to take up the floorboards.
It is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that a temporary writ of injunction issue, enjoining said defendant and all persons acting under or for it, from in any manner taking up, disturbing or interfering with the road-bed and track of said plaintiff so as to prevent the passage of cars thereon
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To lift; to raise.
To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.
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To lift; to raise.
To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.
及物 商务 工程If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.
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To lift; to raise.
To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.)
及物The reel automatically took up the slack.
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To occupy; to consume (space or time).
及物The books on finance take up three shelves.
All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.
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To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place).
及物She took up her post at the foot of the stairs.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
及物I’ve taken up knitting.
I wish to take up mathematics.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To begin functioning in (a role or position), to assume (an office).
及物He took up his post as assistant director last Friday.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To address or discuss (an issue).
及物Let’s take this up with the manager.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To accept, to adopt (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.).
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To accept (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.) from.
及物Shall we take them up on their offer to help us move?
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To join in (saying something).
及物They took up the cry of their oppressed compatriots.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To resume, to return to something that was interrupted.
及物/不及物 及物Let’s take up where we left off.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To implement, to employ, to put into use.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
加拿大 及物You have 30 minutes for the quiz. We’ll take up the answers at 1 o'clock.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To begin occupying and working (a plot of uncultivated land), to break in.
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To set about doing or dealing with (something).
To pay off, to clear (a debt, loan, mortgage, etc.).
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To arrest (a person).
古体 及物The police took up the suspect.
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To reprove or reproach (a person).
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To begin to support or patronize, to sponsor (a person), to adopt as protégé.
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