| 单词 | take up |
| 释义 | take up 1. phrasal verb B1 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. He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He left a job in the City to take up farming. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Scientists present evidence of an environmental threat and a pressure group will take up the issue. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister. [V P n + with] If the bank is unhelpful, take it up with the Ombudsman. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] 3. phrasal verb B1 If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb B2 If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. Increasingly, more farmers are taking up the challenge of growing asparagus. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 5. phrasal verb B2 If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The entire memo took up two pages. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE + with] The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures. [V P n + with] 6. phrasal verb [no passive] If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else. He had taken up a position in the centre of the room. [VERB PARTICLE noun] U.N. peacekeeping forces are expected to take up positions along the border. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 7. phrasal verb If you take up something such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it. Gerry's partner Jo takes up the story. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 'No, no, no,' says Damon, taking up where Dave left off. [VERB PARTICLE wh] 8. See also take-up See full dictionary entry for take take-up uncountable noun Take-up is the rate at which people apply for or buy something which is offered, for example financial help from the government or shares in a company. [mainly British] ...a major campaign to increase the take-up of welfare benefits. [+ of] |
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