take up

v.拿起, 开始, 从事, 吸收, 接纳, 占去, 继续做

1. 开始从事

When did he take up football?

他是什么时候开始踢足球的?

2. 占用; 花去

The work took up all his time.

那工作花费了他所有的时间。

词义辨析

同义参见:

embrace  study  shoulder  resort  

英英释义

名词 take up:

a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion

同义词：take-up

the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

同义词：take-up

动词 take up:

pursue or resume

adopt

同义词：latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on

turn one's interest to

take up time or space

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

同义词：start

take up and practice as one's own

同义词：adopt, borrow, take over

occupy or take on

同义词：assume, take, strike

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

同义词：sorb

take out or up with or as if with a scoop

同义词：scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up

accept

同义词：take in

take in, also metaphorically

同义词：absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in

take up as if with a sponge

同义词：take in, sop up, suck in

return to a previous location or condition

同义词：resume

补充

take uptake up1.拿起; 抱起He took up telephone receiver and began to dial.他拿起电话听筒开始拨号码。She takes up a child under each arm.她一手抱起一个孩子。2.占去I won't take up much of your time.我不会占用你很多时间。This thing takes up all my attention.这件事占用我所有的注意力。3.接受(提议)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。4.继续I put the telephone down and took up my work again.我放下电话继续干我的活。

例句

1. I thought I'd take up fishing.我想我会以捕鱼为生。 2. He took up the fault with the manufacturers.他就缺陷问题向制造商提出交涉。 3. My assistant left to take up another post.我的助理离开我这儿去干别的工作了。 4. Only half of the eligible employees took up the offer.只有一半符合条件的员工接受了开出的条件。 5. I won't take up any more of your time.我不会占用你更多的时间。 6. The books she'd written took up an entire shelf.她写的书放满了一整个书架。 7. Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story.格里的妻子乔接着把故事讲下去。 8. You'll need to take up these trousers.你得把这条裤子改短一点儿。 9. David was taking up where he had left off.大卫从原先停顿的地方继续下去。 10. He had taken up a position in the centre of the room.他占据了房间中央的位置。 11. UN peacekeeping forces are expected to take up positions along the border.预计联合国维和部队将沿边境就位。 12. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number.她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。 13. They took up arms and fought for their faith and liberty.他们拿起武器为信仰和自由而斗争。 14. She used a blotting paper to take up the ink.她用吸墨纸吸墨。 15. How much water is needed to take up the sugar?这糖需要多少水才能溶解? 16. All available accommodation were taken up.房间都住满了。 17. I'm sorry I've already taken up so much of your valuable time.对不起，我占了你这么多宝贵时间。 18. The piano takes up too much space.这架钢琴占地方太多。 19. He married a French woman and took up his residence in Paris.他和一个法国女人结了婚，并在巴黎定居。 20. to take up one's residence with someone和某人居住在一起 21. The school bus stopped to take up pupils.校车停下来让小学生们上车。 22. He took up writing after graduation.毕业后他开始从事写作。 23. to take up swimming开始学游泳 24. She took up my suggestion enthusiastically.她热情地采纳了我的建议。 25. He took up a compromising attitude towards the question.他对这个问题采取了妥协的态度。 26. No one dared take up the challenge.谁也不敢应战。 27. She took up my offer of a ride into town.她接受我的提议，乘车进城。 28. The animal took up the disease.那个动物染上了病。 29. She took the pupil up sharply when he had a slip of the tongue.当学生出现口误时，她立刻打断他。 30. to take up one's social welfare要求社会福利 31. The teacher took up the lesson where he left off last week.老师接着上星期停下来的地方把课文讲下去。 32. to take up one's story继续讲故事 33. Tom took up where his father left off.汤姆继承了父亲未尽的事业。 34. The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.这个年轻人很走运，他得到了一位著名小说家的指教。 35. He was taken up for drunkenness.他因酗酒而被拘留。 36. They took up a pickpocket.他们捉住一个扒手。 37. take up these loose ropes.把这些松了的绳子拉紧。 38. to take up the slack in a rope把绳索的松垂部分拉紧 39. She has taken up the legs of the trousers.她已经把裤腿改短。 40. It has been taken up an inch.已经将它收短了一英寸。 41. This part of machine is for taking up the film.机器的这个部分是用来卷胶卷的。 42. We will take up a collection to help the needy.我们将募捐救济穷人。 43. All available tickets were taken up.所有的票都被买光了。 44. The weather is going to take up at last.天气终于要放晴了。 45. Business is taking up.生意正在好起来。 46. The school takes up at nine.学校9点钟开始上课。 47. We didn't take up his joke.我们不知道他的笑话好笑在哪里。 48. Don't take me up wrongly.别误解我的意思。 49. She took up [=picked up] the story where he left off.她把故事从他中断的地方接着讲了下去。 50. He is hoping that he and his ex-girlfriend can take up [=that they can continue their relationship] where they left off.他希望能和前女友再续前缘。 51. The new couch takes up half of the room.新沙发占去房间的一半。 52. "I don't want to take up too much of your time, but I do have a few questions."我不想占用你太多的时间，但我确实有一些问题。 53. The entire day was taken up by/with meetings.整整一天都被开会占去了。 54. We don't use this table for anything. It's just taking up space.这张桌子对我们没有任何用处，它只是占地方。 55. I was thinking about taking up skiing/dancing/photography.我正考虑去学习滑雪/跳舞/摄影。 56. She took up the guitar at age 11.她11岁时开始弹吉他。 57. taking up art lessons开始上美术课 58. The cause of global warming has been taken up by many celebrities recently.最近全球变暖的原因已经引起了许多名人的关注。 59. The court took up the question of how to deal with companies that break the law.法院开始探讨如何处理违法公司的问题。 60. He seemed willing to take up [=take on] the challenge.看来他很乐意接受挑战。 61. He will take up his post [=begin working at his new post/job] at the beginning of the year.他将于年初上任。 62. She went to France and took up residence in Paris. [=became a resident of Paris; began living in Paris]她去了法国并在巴黎定居。 63. She took up [=she began to lead] the life of an artist. = She took up life as an artist.她过上了艺术家的生活。 64. Two men with guns had taken up (their) positions on the roof.两名持枪男子占据了楼顶的位置。 65. They took up hammers and nails and went to work building the house.他们拿起锤子和钉子开始建房子。 66. "Once again, they took up arms [=picked up weapons and became ready to fight] to defend their country."他们再次拿起武器保卫祖国。 67. Can you take the legs of these pants up two inches?你能把裤腿改短两英寸吗？ 68. We took up the carpet in the living room and replaced it with hardwood flooring.我们把客厅地毯撤掉，换成了硬木地板。 69. They are taking up a collection for the homeless shelter.他们在为收容所募捐。 70. "“Can I buy you a drink?” “Sure, I'll take you up on that.”"“我能请你喝一杯吗？”“当然，我接受你的邀请。” 71. We took the company up on its offer to replace the computer for free.我们接受了那家公司免费为我们更换电脑的提议。 72. "If you have a problem, please take it up with one of our managers."如果你有什么问题，请向我们经理提出来。 73. Have you taken this up with your mother yet?你和你母亲谈这事了吗？ 74. "After her divorce, she took up with a younger man."离婚后，她和一个更年轻的男人开始交往。