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*take¹ /tek; teɪk/
v [T] took /tk; tʊk/, taken /`tekən; ˈteɪkən/, taking
1 to move someone or something from one place to another 搬（走）; 拿（走），取（走）:
He took some money out of his pocket. 他从口袋里拿出一些钱。
Merritt was taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital. 梅里特被救护车送到了最近的医院。
2 to carry or have something with you when you go somewhere 携带:
Don't forget to take your car keys! 别忘了带上你的汽车钥匙！
3 to steal something or borrow it without permission 偷; 擅自拿走:
Someone's taken my wallet! 有人偷了我的钱包！
4 to put your hand around something and hold it 〔手里〕拿住〔某物〕; 握住:
Let me take your coat. 让我帮你拿外套。
She took his arm. 她挽着他的手臂。
5 to go with someone to a place 带〔某人去某地〕:
I'm taking her to an Italian restaurant. 我要带她去一家意大利餐厅。
They took us downstairs. 他们带我们下楼。
6 used with some nouns, to say that someone does something, or that something happens 做; 进行〔和一些名词连用〕:
Here, take a look. 这儿，看一下。
Let me just take a quick shower first. 让我先很快地淋个浴。
take action (=do something to deal with a problem) 采取行动
7 if something takes a period of time, you need that amount of time to do it 需要〔一段时间〕:
It takes about three days to drive up there. 开车到那儿大约要三天。
8 if something takes courage, skill, effort, money etc, you need courage etc to do it 需要〔勇气、技能、努力、钱等〕:
Looking after children takes a lot of hard work. 照料孩子需要付出许多辛劳。
9 to accept or receive something 接受，收到:
Are you going to take the job? 你准备接受那份工作吗？
Take my advice and go see a doctor. 听我的劝告去看医生吧。
take credit cards/a cheque etc (=accept them as a way of paying) 接受信用卡/支票等付款方式: Do you take American Express? 你们接受美国运通信用卡付款吗？
10 take a picture/photograph to photograph something 拍照
11 take a holiday/break/rest etc to have a holiday etc 休假/休息等
12 take a test/exam to do a test or examination 参加测验/考试:
I'm taking my driving test next week. 下星期我要参加驾驶考试。
13 to swallow or use a medicine or drug 吞服，吃〔药〕; 吸〔毒〕:
Why don't you take an aspirin or something? 你为什么不吃一片阿斯匹林或者什么的？
take drugs (=take illegal drugs) 吸毒: A lot of kids start taking drugs when they're 14 or 15. 许多孩子十四五岁时开始吸毒。
14 to use a car, bus, train etc to go somewhere, or to travel using a particular road 乘，搭〔汽车、公共汽车、火车等〕; 取〔道〕:
I'll take the subway home. 我会乘地铁回家。
15 to accept an unpleasant situation 接受〔令人不愉快的情况〕，承受，忍受:
can't take She couldn't take the pressure of teaching. 她无法承受教书的压力。
16 to have a particular feeling about something 〔对某事物〕产生〔某种感觉〕，抱有:
take pleasure/pride/an interest etc She seems to take pleasure in hurting people. 她好像以伤害别人为乐。
take sth seriously (=think that it is important) 重视某事物: Alan takes his job very seriously. 艾伦非常重视他的工作。
17 to have enough space for a particular number of people or things 能装下，能容纳:
Our car can take up to six people. 我们的汽车最多能坐六个人。
18 to choose to buy something 买:
I'll take it spoken 【口】:"It's $50." "OK, I'll take it." “这件东西 50 美元。”“好吧，我买下。”
19 to wear a particular size of clothes 穿〔某一尺寸的〕衣服:
What size shoes do you take? 你穿多少尺码的鞋？
20 take milk/sugar etc to have milk, sugar etc in your coffee, tea etc 〔咖啡、茶等中〕放牛奶/糖等
21 to understand that someone means a particular thing, or that something shows that another thing is true 把…理解为; 认为:
I shall take that as a compliment. 我就当那是赞扬。
22 take a lot out of sb to make someone very tired 使〔某人〕精疲力尽
23 take some doing/a lot of doing to be very difficult to do 得花些功夫/得花很大功夫
24 take it from me spoken used to persuade someone that what you are saying is true 【口】 请相信我的话
25 I take it that spoken used to check with someone that something is true or has been done 【口】 我想，我认为〔用于向某人核实某事为真或已经做好〕
26 take a message to listen to or write down what someone says, so that you can tell it to another person later 记下口信〔以便转达〕:
He's not here right now; can I take a message? 他此刻不在这儿，我能代为转达吗？
27 to test or measure something 测试，测量:
The doctor took her blood pressure. 医生为她量血压。
28 to get control of something by using military force 武装占领:
Rebel forces have taken the airport. 叛军占领了机场。
29 take it upon yourself to decide to do something, even though no one has asked you to do it 主动，自发〔做某事〕:
Parents have taken it upon themselves to raise extra cash for the school. 家长们主动地再为学校多筹些钱。
→ see also 另见 be taken aback (ABACK), take care (CARE²), take care of (CARE²), take part (PART¹), take place (PLACE¹), take sides (SIDE¹)
take after sbto look or behave like another member of your family 长得像; 举止像〔另一个家庭成员〕:
Jenny takes after her dad. 珍妮长得很像她的爸爸。
take sth ↔ apart
to separate something into pieces 把…拆开:
Jim took apart the faucet and put in a new washer. 吉姆拆开水龙头，放入一个新垫圈。
take away
1 [T take sth ↔ away] to remove something from someone or somewhere 拿走:
They took away his licence. 他们拿走了他的执照。
2 [take sb ↔ away] to take someone to a prison or hospital 把…带走〔送往监狱或医院〕:
Hyde was taken away in handcuffs. 海德戴着手铐被带走了。
take sth ↔ back
1 to return something to the shop where you bought it 退〔货〕，退还
2 to admit that something you said was wrong 收回，承认说错了〔话〕:
All right, I'm sorry, I take it back. 好吧，对不起，我说错了话。
take sth ↔ down
1 to remove something from the place where it was 拆除，移走:
We take down the Christmas tree on January 6. 我们在1月6日拿走了圣诞树。
2 to write information on a piece of paper 〔在纸上〕写下，记下:
The receptionist took down his name. 接待员记下了他的名字。
take in
1 [take sth ↔ in] to understand what you see, read, or hear 理解〔所见、所读、所闻〕:
There was so much happening in the film, it was difficult to take it all in. 这部电影中发生了那么多事，很难全部理解。
2 be taken in to be deceived by someone or something 被欺骗:
The bank had been taken in by the forged receipts. 银行被伪造的收据欺骗了。
3 [take sb/sth ↔ in] to let someone stay with you because they have nowhere else to stay 收留，收容，收养:
The Humane Society took in almost 38,000 cats and dogs last year. 慈善协会去年收养了近 38,000 只猫和狗。
4 [take in sth] to go to see a film, play etc 去看〔电影、戏剧等〕
5 [take in sth] to make a piece of clothing narrower, so that it fits you 把〔衣服〕改小
take off
1 [T take sth ↔ off] to remove something 拿走，去掉:
Your name has been taken off the list. 你的名字已从名单上删去了。
He took off his shoes. 他脱下鞋。
2 [I] if a plane takes off, it goes up into the air 〔飞机〕起飞，升空
3 take some time/a day/a week off to not go to work for a period of time 休假一段时间/一天/一周
4 [I] informal to leave somewhere quickly and suddenly 【非正式】 迅速离开:
We packed everything in the car and took off. 我们把所有东西装上车后迅速离开。
5 [I] to suddenly become successful 突然成功:
Her career took off as soon as she moved to Hollywood. 她到了荷里活，事业一下子就腾飞了。
take on
1 [take sb ↔ on] to compete or fight against someone 与…比赛［打斗］:
The winner of this game will take on Houston. 这场比赛的优胜者将和休斯敦队较量。
2 [take on sth] to start to seem different in some way 开始呈现〔不同之处〕:
Once we had children, Christmas took on a different sort of importance. 我们一有了孩子，圣诞节就有了不同的重要性。
3 [take sth ↔ on] to start doing some work or start being responsible for something 接受〔工作〕; 承担〔责任〕:
I've taken on far too much work lately. 最近我承担了太多的工作。
4 [take sb on] to start to employ someone 开始雇用〔某人〕:
The team has taken on a new coach. 这支球队聘请了一位新教练。
take out
1 [take sth ↔ out] to remove something 把…拿掉:
The dentist says she may have to take out one of my back teeth. 牙医说她也许得拔掉我的一颗后牙。
2 [take sb out] to go with someone to a restaurant, film, party etc, and pay for them 带〔某人〕去〔餐厅、电影院、派对等〕:
I'm taking Helen out for dinner next week. 我下星期要带海伦出去吃饭。
3 [take sth ↔ out] to arrange to get something from a bank, court etc 〔从银行、法庭等〕取得，获得:
The couple took out a ￡20,000 loan. 那对夫妇获得 20,000 英镑的贷款。
take sth ↔ out on sb
to behave angrily towards someone because you are upset or angry about something, even though it is not their fault 向…发泄〔情绪〕; 拿…出气
take over
[I,T take sth ↔ over] to get control of something, or get responsibility for something 接手，接管:
His son will take over the business. 他的儿子将接管生意。
take to
1 [take to sb/sth] to start to like someone or something 喜欢上…; 对…产生好感:
The two women took to each other right away. 那两位女士彼此立刻喜欢上了对方。
2 take to doing sth to begin doing something regularly 开始经常做某事:
Sandra has taken to getting up early to go jogging. 仙杜拉养成了早起去慢跑的习惯。
take up sth
1 to begin doing a job or activity 开始从事〔某项工作或活动〕:
I've just taken up golf. 我刚开始打起高尔夫球来。
2 to use an amount of time or space 占用〔时间或空间〕:
The program takes up a lot of memory on the hard drive. 这个程式占了大量硬盘存储空间。
take sb up on sth
to accept an offer, invitation etc 接受〔某人的提议、邀请等〕:
Thanks for the offer. I might take you up on it. 谢谢你的提议，我也许会接受。
take sth up with sb
[T] to discuss something with someone, especially a complaint or problem 与…讨论〔某事物，尤指抱怨或问题〕:
You should take it up with the union. 这事你应该和工会谈谈。
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