take up

名词 take up:

1. a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion
   同义词：take-up
2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
   同义词：take-up

动词 take up:

1. pursue or resume
2. adopt
   同义词：latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
3. turn one's interest to
4. take up time or space
5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
   同义词：start
6. take up and practice as one's own
   同义词：adopt, borrow, take over
7. occupy or take on
   同义词：assume, take, strike
8. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
   同义词：sorb
9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   同义词：scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up
10. accept
    同义词：take in
11. take in, also metaphorically
    同义词：absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in
12. take up as if with a sponge
    同义词：take in, sop up, suck in
13. return to a previous location or condition
    同义词：resume

1. She took up the narrative where John had left off.
   她接著讲约翰未讲完的故事。
2. I'd like to take you up on what you said about unemployment.
   对於你谈过的失业情况，我想向你提出问题。
3. I must take you up on that point.
   我一定要就那个问题和你辩论。
4. She's taken up with an unemployed actor.
   她跟一个失业的男演员混得很熟了。