take up
英 [teɪk ʌp] 美 [teɪk ʌp]
v.拿起;开始;从事;吸收;接纳;占去;继续做;做某事消遣。
take up的用法和样例:
用作动词 (v.)
When did you take up Japanese as a second foreign language?
你什么时间开始选修日语作为第二语言?
It is necessary for us to take up productive labour.
我们需要从事生产劳动。
Use a blotter to take up the spilt ink.
用一张吸墨纸把溅出来的墨水吸掉。
You should take up my suggestion and start saving money.
你应该接受我的建议,开始存钱。
They take up too much space.
它们占了太多空间。
She took up the narrative where John had left off.
她接着讲约翰未讲完的故事。
个人觉得意思比较接近“拿起”~
占
account, divine, observe, constitute, make up, take up
抄
copy, take a shortcut, take up, transcribe
交涉
negotiate, make representation, take up
拘留
take into custody, detain, impound, intern, run in, take up
商洽
arrange with, take up
摅愤
begin, start, take up