• 占用,接受,培养,开始对(某学科、嗜好或职业)产生兴趣

Verb:

1. pursue or resume;

   "take up a matter for consideration"
   

2. adopt;

   "take up new ideas"
   

3. turn one's interest to;

   "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
   

4. take up time or space;

   "take up the slack"
   

5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;

   "take up a position"
   "start a new job"
   

6. take up and practice as one's own

7. occupy or take on;

   "He assumes the lotus position"
   "She took her seat on the stage"
   "We took our seats in the orchestra"
   "She took up her position behind the tree"
   "strike a pose"
   

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

9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop;

   "scoop the sugar out of the container"
   

10. accept;

    "The cloth takes up the liquid"
    

11. take in, also metaphorically;

    "The sponge absorbs water well"
    "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    

12. take up as if with a sponge

13. return to a previous location or condition;

    "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
    

1.开始从事;喜欢上
If youtake up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career.

e.g. He did not particularly want totakeup a competitive sport...
他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。
e.g. He left a job in the City totakeup farming...
他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。

2.开始处理;讨论如何处理
If youtake up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it.

e.g. Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, tookup the case...
德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。
e.g. Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group willtakeup the issue...
能够提供环境威胁证据的大多数科学家都有理由认为，环保团体不会放过这个问题。

3.开始从事，开始干(工作)
If youtake up a job, you begin to work at it.

e.g. He willtakeup his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.
他将在下个月底就任民事法庭庭长一职。

4.接受，答应(提议或挑战)
If youtake up an offer or a challenge, you accept it.

e.g. Increasingly, more wine-makers are takingup the challenge of growing Pinot Noir...
越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。
e.g. 96 per cent of the eligible employees tookup the offer.
符合条件的雇员有 96% 接受了这个条件。

5.占用，花费(时间、空间或精力)
If somethingtakes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount.

take up的解释

e.g. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want totakeup too much of your time...
我知道您肯定特别忙，我当然不想占用您太多的时间。
e.g. The entire memo tookup all of two pages...
整个备忘录写了满满两页纸。

6.占领，占据，占有(位置、阵地)
If youtake up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else.

e.g. He had takenup a position in the centre of the room...
他占据了房间中心的位置。
e.g. UN peacekeeping forces are expected totakeup positions along the border.
联合国维和部队估计会在边界线上就位。

7.继续;把…接着进行下去
If youtake 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.

e.g. Gerry's wife Jo takesup the story...
格里的妻子乔接着往下讲。
e.g. 'No, no, no,' says Damon, takingup where Dave left off.
“不，不，不，”戴蒙说，然后从戴夫停下的地方接着说。

8. see also: take-up

1. 从事：第三,我们需要去探究主体是以什么方式从事(takeup)这些特定的信仰并以何种方式去证明它们自身的. 工人们对社会学家提问的回应,并非铁板一块. 这些回应体现着他们对主题的不同认知、情感和社会功能.

2. 爱好：我们将从事不同的职业(takeup) 当他长大后,他开始从事写作,并以此作为自己的终身事业(takeup) 这张台子占了房间三分之一的空间(takeup) 他退休后从是园艺工作作为兴趣爱好(takeup) 玩电子游戏占据了我许多时间(takeup) 他大学毕业后,

3.

3. 占据：finance n.财务 |takeup占据 | primary adj.主要的

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport...

他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。

He left a job in the City to take up farming...

他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。

Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case...

德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。

Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue...

能够提供环境威胁证据的大多数科学家都有理由认为，环保团体不会放过这个问题。

He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.

他将在下个月底就任民事法庭庭长一职。

Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir...

越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。

96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer.

符合条件的雇员有 96% 接受了这个条件。

I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time...

我知道您肯定特别忙，我当然不想占用您太多的时间。

The entire memo took up all of two pages...

整个备忘录写了满满两页纸。

He had taken up a position in the centre of the room...

他占据了房间中心的位置。

UN peacekeeping forces are expected to take up positions along the border.

联合国维和部队估计会在边界线上就位。

Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story...

格里的妻子乔接着往下讲。

'No, no, no,' says Damon, taking up where Dave left off.

“不，不，不，”戴蒙说，然后从戴夫停下的地方接着说。

One said he could not see anything except the blue of the sky.

其中一个说除了蓝色的天空,他不看到任何东西.

I can take up to four people in my car.

我的汽车最多能坐四个人.

Some people take up yoga to aid relaxation.

有些人通过练瑜伽来帮助放松.

I won't take up much of your time.

我不会占用你很多时间.

He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.

他不是一个想退却的人,倒是一个宁愿应战的人.

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.

It's good to take up the threads of our old friendship after such a long absence.

时隔这么久之后重新恢复我们的老交情,这很好.

He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.

他不久就能处理日常事务.

Can you recommend a classmate who can take up the job?

你能不能推荐一位能承担这项工作的同学?

His spirit of being ready to take up the cudgels for a just cause is commendable.

他那种见义勇为的精神是难能可贵的.

Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.

许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好.

Because you are able to take up arms and defend your motherland, we are all proud of you.

因为你能披坚执锐,保卫祖国, 我们都为你感到自豪.

to take up farming

从事农业

• take up the gauntlet应战(护卫)
• take up with开始与 ... 来往...
• take up the slack拉直松弛的绳索...
• take up for 支持(维护
• take up arms拿起武器
• take up arms against拿起武器反对...
• take up arms for拿起武器捍卫...
• take someone up sharp唐突地打断某人...
• take up the threads of继续讲下去
• take up the thread接着讲下去
• take up the hatchet开始(宣战)
• take up a subscription募捐
• take something up with someone就某事向某人提意见...
• take up the ball接着讲(值班...
• take up one's quarters住下来
• take me not up before I fall在你回答我以前,先听...
• take up someone's refrain为某人帮腔
• take up one's cross准备忍受苦难...
• take someone up on要求某人兑现...
• take up the position主张(认为)

建议

A：Do you think I should join the basketball team, Mary?
玛丽，你认为我应该参加篮球队吗？

B：Why not? If I were you, I certainly would.
为什么不呢？如果我是你，一定参加。

A：But I’m afraid it’lltakeup too much of my time.
可是，这恐怕要占去我太多的时间。

B：As the saying goes:Work while you work, play while play. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, you know?
俗话说：工作时工作，娱乐时娱乐。只工作不娱乐，聪明的孩子也会变得笨拙，你知道吗？

A：Hmm, you’re right.
嗯，你说得对。

Getting pregnant-(怀孕)

B：I really think we should make sure we use a condom from now on.
我真的觉得从现在开始我们得用避孕套了。

A：Why?
为什么？

B：You don’t know how scared we were about getting pregnant last time.
你不知道上次怀孕我们是多么害怕。

take up什么意思

A：I suppose that’s true.
那倒是。

B：We’re really stupid not to use one.
我们真是蠢，竟然没有用到。

A：I got tested for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) two months before we started dating. You know that.
你知道，在我们开始约会以前两个月，我就做过AIDS和STD的检查。

B：I know, but it cantakeup to six months for some STDs to showup on the test. We shouldn’ttake any more chances.
我知道。但是有些STD的病毒要六个月才知道。我们不可以再冒险了。

A：All right, you’re right.
好的，你是对的。

take up的反义词

B：O.K.
那就好。