take to 详细解释

take to

开始, 从事, 喜欢, 形成 ... 的习惯, 容易学会

1. 开始从事

He took to studying English 5 years ago.

他五年前开始学英语。

2. 喜欢

Mary took to her new teacher the first time they met.

玛丽第一次见到新老师时就喜欢上她了。

英英释义

动词 take to:

have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

同义词:fancy, go for

develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation

补充

take totake to1.喜欢, 习惯于…I soon took to her children.很快我就喜欢上她的几个孩子了。We took to his idea.我们赞赏他的主意。Now we have renovated our old bathroom, my husband has taken to having a shower every morning.因为我们已整修翻新了我们的旧浴室, 我丈夫已习惯于每天早晨淋浴。2.开始从事He gave up medicine and took to literature.他放弃医学, 开始从事文学。3.觉得(某事)容易学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。

例句

1. I immediately took to Alan.我立刻就喜欢上了艾伦。 2. I never really took to golf, I'm afraid.我恐怕从没真正喜欢过高尔夫球。 3. He took to wandering through the streets.他养成了在街头漫步的习惯。 4. Demonstrators took to the streets.示威者走上街头。 5. Our factory has taken to making children's boots.我们厂开始生产童靴。 6. He left the medical profession and took to journalism.他离开了医学界,开始从事新闻工作。 7. His sister took to knitting in her spare time.他妹妹在空闲时打毛线。 8. to take to bad habits染上恶习 9. They took to each other at once.他们彼此马上产生了好感;他们一见钟情。 10. He took to photography.他开始喜欢上摄影。 11. She took to German as though it had been her native language.她很容易地学会了德语,就好像德语是她的母语。 12. to take to one's master伺候主人 13. to take to one's bed生病卧床 14. Thousands of people took to the streets to welcome back their hero.成千上万的人涌上街头欢迎他们的英雄归来。 15. They grabbed their weapons and took to the hills.他们一把抄起武器进了山。 16. Thousands of people took to the streets in protest. [=went out into the streets to protest]成千上万的人走上街头抗议。 17. He took to the airwaves [=he spoke on the radio] with his message.他通过广播发表了他的观点。 18. I took to her as soon as she smiled at me.就在她朝我微笑的那一刹那我就喜欢上了她。 19. Many students have not taken well to the new school uniforms.很多学生还不太喜欢新校服。 20. He tried skiing and took to it immediately. [=he quickly learned how to ski and liked doing it]他尝试了滑雪,结果一下子就喜欢上了这项运动。 21. She took to horseback riding like a duck (takes) to water. [=she learned it in a very easy and natural way]如同鸭子喜欢戏水一样,她很快就学会了骑马。 22. (informal) They don't take kindly to strangers [=they don't like strangers] around here.他们对这一带的陌生人不够友好。 23. He took to drinking after he lost his job.失业后他染上了喝酒的嗜好。 24. She had taken to sleeping on the floor.她已经养成了在地板上睡觉的习惯。 25. We've taken to calling him “Mr. Dependable.”我们已习惯叫他“可靠先生”了。 26. Someone needs to take a mop to this floor. [=someone needs to mop this floor]得有人用拖把把地板擦一下。 27. I took an ax to the dead tree in front of my house. [=I cut down the dead tree with an ax]我用斧子把门前的枯树砍掉了。 28. He was criticized for taking a belt to his children. [=hitting his children with a belt]他因用皮带抽打孩子而受到指责。