take
up
1．allow（ passengers， etc．） to mount； stop and
accept停車接納乘客
*The cars took their passengers up outside the
hotel．那些汽車在旅館外面接納乘客。
*The bus stopped to take up
passengers．公共汽車停下來讓乘客上車。
*The train stops here to take up more
passengers，and then goes fast all the way to London.
火車在這裡停下來，再讓一些乘客上車，然後就直抵倫敦。
2．occupy（time， space， etc．）佔有（時間，空間等）
*This work will take up a lot of my
time．這項工作將佔去我很多時間。
*I must get rid of this large table;it takes up
too much room．我得把這個大桌子拿走，它太佔地方。I"m sorry to have taken up so much of your
valuable time．佔用了你那麼多寶貴時間，真抱歉。
3．continue； resume繼續做；接著…講
*I put the telephone down and took up the work
again．我放下電話繼續工作。
*She took up her sewing after the visitor had
gone．客人走後她繼續做她的針線活。
4．assume（a position， office， atti
tude，etc．）擔任；承擔（職位）；採取態度
*When does the new director take up his post?
新的主任什麼時候走馬上任？
*He will take up his new post on October
1．他將在10月1日就任新職。
*The new president took up office
yesterday．新總統昨天就職。
*A most aggressive attitude was taken up by the
next speaker．第 2個發言人採取了非常放肆的態度。
5．adopt sth． as a profession， hobby， subject for
study， etc．從事某種職業；對某事有愛好；從事一項研究或學習
*When he left school he took up
journalism．離開學校以後，他就從事了新聞工作。
*Rich people can afford to take up whatever
hobbies they like．富人有能力從事他們所喜歡的任何愛好。
*I think I"ll take up oil pointing in my spare
time．我想我將要在業餘時間練習油畫。
*The scientist has taken up a new
subject．這位科學家已開始研究一個新的課題。
6．pull and make tight or
shorter;shorten縮緊；減短
*The tailor took up the legs of the trousers.
裁縫把褲子改短了。
7．gather in（a contribution，etc.）；
collect募捐；收集（錢等）
*The girls will take up a collection at the end
of the concert．這些女孩子在音樂會結束後要募捐。
*All the tickets were taken up at the
exit．所有的車票都在出口處被收去了。
8．take away； lift up; raise拿走；拿起；舉起
*The driver has had his license taken up for
violating traffic regulations．因為違反交通規則，那個駕駛員的執照被吊銷了。
*He took up the telephone receiver and asked a
number. 他拿起電話詢問一個電話號碼。
9．remove by taking in把…吸進去；溶解
*This kind of paper claims to be able to take up
more liquid than any other kind．這種紙據說比其它任何紙吸水性都強。
*The vacuum cleaner took up the dirt from the
rug．吸塵器把地毯上的灰塵吸掉了。
*10．raise consideration of提出商討；提出考慮
*They decided to take the matter up at the
plenary meeting．他們決定在全會上把這件事提出來。
*The question of public housing should be taken
up with the Minister whose responsibility it is．公眾的住房問題應該提交負責這項工作的部長考慮。
*He said he would take up my difficulties with
the headmaster．他說要把我的問題提出來和校長商量解決。
*The matter will be taken up at the next Party
branch meeting．下一次黨支部會議將著手處理此事。
11．arrest逮捕
*The police took him up on a drugs
charge．警察以吸毒的罪名逮捕了他。
*Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by
the police. 縱火犯在兩小時內就被警察抓住了。
12．establish oneself in在…安居下來
*He took up his permanent residence in Beijing
after graduation. 他畢業後在北京定居下來。
13．interrupt by dissent； interrupt
andcorrect；rebuke；reprimand （為表示異議等）打斷（某人的話）；打斷並更正；指責；責備
*He took me up short on that
point．我講到那個問題時他突然打斷了我的話。
*She said something very absurd and we
immediately took her up.她說了些非常荒謬的話，我們立即打斷了她的話。
14．understand理解
*Please don"t take me up wrongly.請別誤解我的意思。
15．adopt sb． as a protege提攜；把…當作被保護人；幫助
*Though a busy and successful nowelist， he was
willing to take up any promising young writer and give him all the help he
could．雖然他是一個很忙而又很有成就的小說家，但他願意提攜任何有前途的青年作家並給予一切可能的幫助。
take
up
1．allow（ passengers， etc．） to mount； stop and
accept停車接納乘客
*The cars took their passengers up outside the
hotel．那些汽車在旅館外面接納乘客。
*The bus stopped to take up
passengers．公共汽車停下來讓乘客上車。
*The train stops here to take up more
passengers，and then goes fast all the way to London.
火車在這裡停下來，再讓一些乘客上車，然後就直抵倫敦。
2．occupy（time， space， etc．）佔有（時間，空間等）
*This work will take up a lot of my
time．這項工作將佔去我很多時間。
*I must get rid of this large table;it takes up
too much room．我得把這個大桌子拿走，它太佔地方。I"m sorry to have taken up so much of your
valuable time．佔用了你那麼多寶貴時間，真抱歉。
3．continue； resume繼續做；接著…講
*I put the telephone down and took up the work
again．我放下電話繼續工作。
*She took up her sewing after the visitor had
gone．客人走後她繼續做她的針線活。
4．assume（a position， office， atti
tude，etc．）擔任；承擔（職位）；採取態度
*When does the new director take up his post?
新的主任什麼時候走馬上任？
*He will take up his new post on October
1．他將在10月1日就任新職。
*The new president took up office
yesterday．新總統昨天就職。
*A most aggressive attitude was taken up by the
next speaker．第 2個發言人採取了非常放肆的態度。
5．adopt sth． as a profession， hobby， subject for
study， etc．從事某種職業；對某事有愛好；從事一項研究或學習
*When he left school he took up
journalism．離開學校以後，他就從事了新聞工作。
*Rich people can afford to take up whatever
hobbies they like．富人有能力從事他們所喜歡的任何愛好。
*I think I"ll take up oil pointing in my spare
time．我想我將要在業餘時間練習油畫。
*The scientist has taken up a new
subject．這位科學家已開始研究一個新的課題。
6．pull and make tight or
shorter;shorten縮緊；減短
*The tailor took up the legs of the trousers.
裁縫把褲子改短了。
7．gather in（a contribution，etc.）；
collect募捐；收集（錢等）
*The girls will take up a collection at the end
of the concert．這些女孩子在音樂會結束後要募捐。
*All the tickets were taken up at the
exit．所有的車票都在出口處被收去了。
8．take away； lift up; raise拿走；拿起；舉起
*The driver has had his license taken up for
violating traffic regulations．因為違反交通規則，那個駕駛員的執照被吊銷了。
*He took up the telephone receiver and asked a
number. 他拿起電話詢問一個電話號碼。
9．remove by taking in把…吸進去；溶解
*This kind of paper claims to be able to take up
more liquid than any other kind．這種紙據說比其它任何紙吸水性都強。
*The vacuum cleaner took up the dirt from the
rug．吸塵器把地毯上的灰塵吸掉了。
*10．raise consideration of提出商討；提出考慮
*They decided to take the matter up at the
plenary meeting．他們決定在全會上把這件事提出來。
*The question of public housing should be taken
up with the Minister whose responsibility it is．公眾的住房問題應該提交負責這項工作的部長考慮。
*He said he would take up my difficulties with
the headmaster．他說要把我的問題提出來和校長商量解決。
*The matter will be taken up at the next Party
branch meeting．下一次黨支部會議將著手處理此事。
11．arrest逮捕
*The police took him up on a drugs
charge．警察以吸毒的罪名逮捕了他。
*Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by
the police. 縱火犯在兩小時內就被警察抓住了。
12．establish oneself in在…安居下來
*He took up his permanent residence in Beijing
after graduation. 他畢業後在北京定居下來。
13．interrupt by dissent； interrupt
andcorrect；rebuke；reprimand （為表示異議等）打斷（某人的話）；打斷並更正；指責；責備
*He took me up short on that
point．我講到那個問題時他突然打斷了我的話。
*She said something very absurd and we
immediately took her up.她說了些非常荒謬的話，我們立即打斷了她的話。
14．understand理解
*Please don"t take me up wrongly.請別誤解我的意思。
15．adopt sb． as a protege提攜；把…當作被保護人；幫助
*Though a busy and successful nowelist， he was
willing to take up any promising young writer and give him all the help he
could．雖然他是一個很忙而又很有成就的小說家，但他願意提攜任何有前途的青年作家並給予一切可能的幫助。