英语释义

1. the action of taking up

2. pick up, lift
took up the carpet

3. to begin to occupy (land)

4. to gather from a number of sources
took up a collection

5. to accept or adopt for the purpose of assisting

6. to accept or adopt as one's own
took up the life of a farmer

7. to absorb or incorporate into itself
plants taking up nutrients

8. to enter upon (something, such as a business, hobby, or subject of study)
take up skiing took up the trumpet

9. to proceed to consider or deal with
take up one problem at a time

10. to establish oneself in
took up residence in town

11. to occupy entirely or exclusively fill up
the meeting was taken up with old business

12. to make tighter or shorter
take up the slack

13. to respond favorably to (a person offering a bet, challenge, proposal, etc.)
took me up on it

14. to begin again or take over from another
we must take the good work up again

15. to make a beginning where another has left off

16. to become shortened draw together shrink

17. to engage vigorously in a defense or dispute

18. to become interested or absorbed in

19. to begin to associate or consort with

20. the rate at which something offered is accepted by people

21. to absorb or incorporate into itself
the rate at which the cells took up glucose

22. to pay the amount of (as a note) pay in full for

23. to proceed to deal with
take up a motion

片语

taking-up equipment卷取设备

Taking-up power收线功率

taking-up finger卷取指

taking-up lever卷取桿

taking-up catch卷取钓

Taking-up form收线形式

rock taking-up卧底

taking-up wheel卷取齿轮

英汉例句

• but as global warming snakes its way into higher altitudes, a less-welcome resident in taking up space in this fragile ecosystem: the mountain pine beetle.

  但是随着全球变暖向高海拔地区蔓延，一个不受欢迎的居民进入了这个脆弱的生态环境：山地松树甲虫。

• more of the protesters, who have generally been determinedly non-violent, are talking of taking up arms, many of which are already being smuggled across porous borders.

  示威者原普遍坚定持非暴力态度，但越来越多的人表示希武装起来。已有人通过叙戒备松懈的边境偷运入不少武器。

• some people think that only by taking up very high jobs, you are doing something important or you are doing national service.

  一些人认为那仅仅依靠非常高的职位的人，那些做很重要的事情或者做国家服务的人。

• the position was just taking up too much time, she said.

  她称只是因为这个职位耗费的时间太多了。

• information about pixels ends up taking up less memory than the values of the pixels themselves, which makes it easier to stream video over the internet.

  像素的信息比像素本身的值最终需要的内存要少，而且这样在网上进行视频流的传输会比较容易。

• 「while the vegetation on land is taking up greenhouse gases, some of them are being released back from freshwater,」 bastviken said.

  「尽管陆地上的植物在吸收着温室气体，一些气体还是被从淡水中给释放出来」"戴维说。

• you may want to consider taking up a couples activity like bowling or golf, or whatever it was you enjoyed doing with your spouse before the kids came along.

  你也许可以可虑夫妻共同参与的活动，像保龄球或者高尔夫，或者任何其他你和你的另一半在有孩子以前喜欢做的事。

• some regular tasks are taking up far more of your time than they should.

  一些常规工作占据了你比他们原来应该需要的更多的时间。

• some people get so fed up of their frantic lifestyles that they give it all up and end up at a silent retreat taking up the path of spirituality.

  一些人是如此厌倦他们狂乱的生活，以至于他们完全放弃了这种生活，并以一种占据心理历程的沉默的静养来结束他们的生命历程。

• i think they should be careful about that, but i applaud them for taking up the mantle out there in denmark.

  我认为他们应该注意那一点，但是我赞赏他们为填补丹麦在这方面的空白所作出的贡献。

• from time to time, you might think of taking up a new hobby or activity.

  时不时，你可能会考虑从事一项新的爱好或者活动。

• are any particular tasks taking up huge amounts of time?

  有没有哪些特定的任务花去了大量的时间呢？

• frank is taking up with economics.

  弗兰克正致力于经济学。

• it is evident to all that china is taking up more and more international responsibilities and obligations commensurate with its strength and status.

  同时，全世界有目共睹的是，中国承担着越来越多的与自己的国力和身份相符的国际责任和义务。

• still, the cbrc will 「strictly」 ban companies from taking up new project loans to repay existing ones, and prohibit bundling of non-performing assets into securities, according to the transcript.

  不过，据会议记录，银监会将「严格」禁止企业拿新的项目贷款来偿还现有的债务，并禁止不良资产的捆绑证券化。

• when opened all the way, it folds down behind the back seats without taking up space in the trunk.

  完全打开时，车顶会在后排座椅后部折叠起来，丝毫不占后备箱的空间。

• present methods of producing biofuels from crops have been criticised for causing high food prices by taking up land that would have been used to grow food.

  人们广泛批评现行用农作物生产生物燃料的做法，原因是这一方法占用了种植庄稼的土地，从而推高了食物价格。

• i felt sorry to be taking up so much of his time looking at his goods and eventually purchased a small box.

  参观这些物件儿占用了老刘那么长时间，我感到很不好意思，所以最后买了一个小盒子。

• i leave it to you and the pulitzer committee to decide which list is better, mine or the one that is taking up 800 pages of this magazine.

  我会交由你和普利策评奖委员会来决定哪个名单更为出色：是我的这个，还是占用了《时代》杂志800页的那个名单。

• fields of irrigated crops are dark blue squares or circles, showing that the growing plants are taking up and transpiring water.

  或方或圆的灌溉农田长满庄稼，呈现深蓝色，说明旺盛生长的植物正在汲取水分并将其蒸发。

• i think it is time for the fed to consider in earnest taking up some form of inflation targeting.

  我认为美联储是时候认真考虑拿起一些通货紧缩目标制的形式了。

• someone who does you an injury hurts you twice: first by the injury itself, and second by taking up your time afterward thinking about it.

  假如一个人伤害了你，你实际上受伤了两次：第一次是伤害本身；第二次是，你事后花时间来回想这件事。

• this act of personal surrender is called many things: consecration, making jesus lord, taking up your cross, dying to self, yielding to the spirit.

  这种个人的交出行为称为很多事情：献祭、活在主耶稣里，背起你的十字架、舍弃自我、屈服于圣灵。

• when you notice something becoming a constant distraction or taking up too much time and energy in your life, how do you deal with it?

  当你注意到有些事情总是分散你的注意力或是占用了你太多的时间精力是，你该怎么做？

• keeping them on ui may improve the chances that they return to work instead of taking up disability insurance.

  让他们获得失业救济也许可以提高他们重返工作的可能，而不是一直领取残疾保险。

• the senate has delayed taking up his climate change bill, which barely squeaked through the house of representatives in june.

  他的《气候变化法案》六月时以微弱优势在众议院获得通过，但现已被参议院搁置。

• some in the town—a tribal area which rose up against the rule of hafez in 1980—admit taking up arms. but they deny killing large numbers of government troops.

  部分市民（一个曾在1980年起义对抗哈菲兹政府的部落地区居民）承认开火一事，但他们否认击毙了大量的政府部队。

相似词

boost促进；增加；支援

crane(Crane)人名；(意、葡)克拉内；(英、法、西)克兰

elevate提升；举起；振奋情绪等；提升…的职位

heave举起；起伏；投掷；一阵呕吐

heft(Heft)人名；(英)赫夫特

heighten升高；变强

hike远足，徒步旅行；拉起，提起（衣物）；把（价格等）大幅提高

hoist升起，吊起；抬高，举起

lift电梯；上下山缆车；后跟垫；举起；（价格）上涨；（音量）提高；剽窃；提升力；（板球）高飞；搭便车；起重机；鼓舞

pick up捡起；获得；收拾；（汽车；飞机）乘载；不费力地学会

raise(Raise) （意、法、英、美）雷兹（人名）

up上升；繁荣；（非正式）走运

uphold支撑；鼓励；赞成；举起

uplift提高，增长；振奋，精神动力；（地壳的）隆起；举起，抬起；（尤指女服的）胸衬

upraise举起，提高

相反词

drop滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

lower(Lower) （美、英）洛厄（人名）