take up ( taking, took, taken, takes )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB 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. 开始从事

  例：

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

  他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. 着手处理; 讨论如何处理

  例：

  If you have a problem with the law, take it up with your legislators.

  如果你有法律问题，去找你们的立法员讨论如何处理。

  例：

  She had taken up the cause of a generation of American youth.

  她已经开始着手一代美国年轻人的事业。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. 开始工作

  例：

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

  他将于下个月底开始担任民事法庭的庭长。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. 接受 (建议或挑战)

  例：

  Increasingly, more winemakers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir.

  越来越多的葡萄酒商开始接受种植“黑比诺”葡萄的挑战。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. 占用 (时间、空间或精力)

  例：

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

  我知道你一定很忙，当然我不想占用你太多的时间。

  例：

  A good deal of my time is taken up with driving the children to soccer games.

  我的许多时间都用在开车送孩子们去参加足球比赛。