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单词 take-up
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Definition of take-up in English:

take-up

noun
mass nounBritish
  • 1The acceptance of something offered.

    education is aiding the take-up of birth control
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘There is quite a good take-up of the service in this area so it would be a pity to withdraw it but we cannot continue if these youths continue to do this,’ Mr Kavanagh argued.
    • Despite the obvious benefits these plans offer, the take-up tends to be poor.
    • Leeds Council wants to close Wetherby Adult Training Centre because of a low take-up of places, but families of the centre's clients are angry at the plans which they believe will cause unnecessary upheaval.
    • Dr Sushil Jathanna, director of public health at Colchester PCT, praised elderly people for the high take-up of flu vaccine which played a significant part in keeping the number of flu cases low.
    • The airline, which launched the hand-held devices last year, said the take-up has been poor so far and it will extend the trials for only another few months.
    • He added that the company expected low take-up of the offer due to an ongoing national strike.
    • He said: ‘It was great fun, and we are all pleased with the take-up of the event and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves.’
    • We are now looking at schemes where ease of use and wide take-up can be offered and achieved.
    • Ecocultural theory expects that take-up will depend on whether the offers fit into the cultural models and motivations of parents and into the everyday routines of life important to them and their families.
    • We examine the issue of take-up and offer an explanation for the mismatch between positive program intent and partial program use.
    • The offer follows a slower-than-expected take-up of its residential fixed-line telephone services.
    • The York Trust had offered the vaccination, but there was a relatively low take-up by staff.
    • Maas et al raised the question of whether their advice was strong enough, and given the poor take-up of the advice I would question this as well.
    • We expect a great take-up as our customers can interact with the services exactly how and when they wish.
    • A relatively new option are personal retirement savings accounts, which have had a disappointing take-up since they were launched two years ago.
    • In the office market, take-up is still strong in the city centre and O'Brien believes that from now on development will take place to meet demand rather than in anticipation of it.
    • All the pupils at Elton were hugely enthusiastic about the food served there, and there's a high take-up of meals.
    • Park officials say the crisis in the farming industry, and particularly the foot-and-mouth emergency, has adversely affected the take-up of the woodland grants scheme.
    • As outputs increased following the take-up of the new seeds, grain prices fell, and more and more smaller farmers were forced out of business.
    • ‘Central government has provided enough resources for these, but the take-up has been very poor,’ he said.
  • 2Stock Market
    The action of paying in full for securities originally bought on margin.

Rhymes

break-up, make-up, shake-up
 
 

Definition of take-up in US English:

take-up

nounˈteɪ ˌkəpˈtā ˌkəp
  • 1A device for taking up slack or excess.

    as modifier a take-up reel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It also had an improved set-tip to start the yarn or thread, an adjustable jack-frame for knitting loose or tight, and Crane's take-up device.
    • The manual take-up device currently in use collects oil samples from a bowling lane surface on special transparent tape.
    • The tanker then confessed to a degraded hydraulic system, which accounted for the malfunction of the take-up reel.
    • At this point there will be a long take-up with only slight spring tension.
    • The DCM also includes an advanced head guide assembly, take-up reel drive motor, the optical servo system and the tape heads.
    • The take-up of such excess loss policies is mainly for fleets with up to five vehicles.
  • 2The action of taking something up.

    automatic bobbin thread take-up
  • 3British The acceptance of something offered.

    practices that discourage take-up of legal advice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We expect a great take-up as our customers can interact with the services exactly how and when they wish.
    • Ecocultural theory expects that take-up will depend on whether the offers fit into the cultural models and motivations of parents and into the everyday routines of life important to them and their families.
    • Park officials say the crisis in the farming industry, and particularly the foot-and-mouth emergency, has adversely affected the take-up of the woodland grants scheme.
    • The airline, which launched the hand-held devices last year, said the take-up has been poor so far and it will extend the trials for only another few months.
    • He added that the company expected low take-up of the offer due to an ongoing national strike.
    • Despite the obvious benefits these plans offer, the take-up tends to be poor.
    • We are now looking at schemes where ease of use and wide take-up can be offered and achieved.
    • ‘Central government has provided enough resources for these, but the take-up has been very poor,’ he said.
    • Leeds Council wants to close Wetherby Adult Training Centre because of a low take-up of places, but families of the centre's clients are angry at the plans which they believe will cause unnecessary upheaval.
    • The offer follows a slower-than-expected take-up of its residential fixed-line telephone services.
    • A relatively new option are personal retirement savings accounts, which have had a disappointing take-up since they were launched two years ago.
    • All the pupils at Elton were hugely enthusiastic about the food served there, and there's a high take-up of meals.
    • We examine the issue of take-up and offer an explanation for the mismatch between positive program intent and partial program use.
    • ‘There is quite a good take-up of the service in this area so it would be a pity to withdraw it but we cannot continue if these youths continue to do this,’ Mr Kavanagh argued.
    • Maas et al raised the question of whether their advice was strong enough, and given the poor take-up of the advice I would question this as well.
    • As outputs increased following the take-up of the new seeds, grain prices fell, and more and more smaller farmers were forced out of business.
    • He said: ‘It was great fun, and we are all pleased with the take-up of the event and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves.’
    • Dr Sushil Jathanna, director of public health at Colchester PCT, praised elderly people for the high take-up of flu vaccine which played a significant part in keeping the number of flu cases low.
    • The York Trust had offered the vaccination, but there was a relatively low take-up by staff.
    • In the office market, take-up is still strong in the city centre and O'Brien believes that from now on development will take place to meet demand rather than in anticipation of it.
 
 
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