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消遣pastimediversionwhile away the time1. （用自己感觉愉快的事来度过空闲时间） amuse oneselfwhile away the time例：beguile the ship journey by playing cards在船上打扑克消遣2. （消闲解闷） pastime；diversion
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take up 1．allow（ passengers， etc．） to mount； stop and accept停车接纳乘客*The cars took their passengers up outside the hotel．那些汽车在旅馆外面接纳乘客。*The bus stopped to take up passengers．公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。*The train stops here to take up more passengers，and then goes fast all the way to London. 火车在这里停下来，再让一些乘客上车，然后就直抵伦敦。2．occupy（time， space， etc．）占有（时间，空间等）*This work will take up a lot of my time．这项工作将占去我很多时间。*I must get rid of this large table;it takes up too much room．我得把这个大桌子拿走，它太占地方。I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your valuable time．占用了你那么多宝贵时间，真抱歉。3．continue； resume继续做；接着…讲*I put the telephone down and took up the work again．我放下电话继续工作。*She took up her sewing after the visitor had gone．客人走后她继续做她的针线活。4．assume（a position， office， atti tude，etc．）担任；承担（职位）；采取态度*When does the new director take up his post? 新的主任什么时候走马上任？*He will take up his new post on October 1．他将在10月1日就任新职。*The new president took up office yesterday．新总统昨天就职。*A most aggressive attitude was taken up by the next speaker．第 2个发言人采取了非常放肆的态度。5．adopt sth． as a profession， hobby， subject for study， etc．从事某种职业；对某事有爱好；从事一项研究或学习*When he left school he took up journalism．离开学校以后，他就从事了新闻工作。*Rich people can afford to take up whatever hobbies they like．富人有能力从事他们所喜欢的任何爱好。*I think I'll take up oil pointing in my spare time．我想我将要在业余时间练习油画。*The scientist has taken up a new subject．这位科学家已开始研究一个新的课题。6．pull and make tight or shorter;shorten缩紧；减短*The tailor took up the legs of the trousers. 裁缝把裤子改短了。7．gather in（a contribution，etc.）； collect募捐；收集（钱等）*The girls will take up a collection at the end of the concert．这些女孩子在音乐会结束后要募捐。*All the tickets were taken up at the exit．所有的车票都在出口处被收去了。8．take away； lift up; raise拿走；拿起；举起*The driver has had his license taken up for violating traffic regulations．因为违反交通规则，那个驾驶员的执照被吊销了。*He took up the telephone receiver and asked a number. 他拿起电话询问一个电话号码。9．remove by taking in把…吸进去；溶解*This kind of paper claims to be able to take up more liquid than any other kind．这种纸据说比其它任何纸吸水性都强。*The vacuum cleaner took up the dirt from the rug．吸尘器把地毯上的灰尘吸掉了。*10．raise consideration of提出商讨；提出考虑*They decided to take the matter up at the plenary meeting．他们决定在全会上把这件事提出来。*The question of public housing should be taken up with the Minister whose responsibility it is．公众的住房问题应该提交负责这项工作的部长考虑。*He said he would take up my difficulties with the headmaster．他说要把我的问题提出来和校长商量解决。*The matter will be taken up at the next Party branch meeting．下一次党支部会议将着手处理此事。11．arrest逮捕*The police took him up on a drugs charge．警察以吸毒的罪名逮捕了他。*Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by the police. 纵火犯在两小时内就被警察抓住了。12．establish oneself in在…安居下来*He took up his permanent residence in Beijing after graduation. 他毕业后在北京定居下来。13．interrupt by dissent； interrupt andcorrect；rebuke；reprimand （为表示异议等）打断（某人的话）；打断并更正；指责；责备*He took me up short on that point．我讲到那个问题时他突然打断了我的话。*She said something very absurd and we immediately took her up.她说了些非常荒谬的话，我们立即打断了她的话。14．understand理解*Please don't take me up wrongly.请别误解我的意思。15．adopt sb． as a protege提携；把…当作被保护人；帮助*Though a busy and successful nowelist， he was willing to take up any promising young writer and give him all the help he could．虽然他是一个很忙而又很有成就的小说家，但他愿意提携任何有前途的青年作家并给予一切可能的帮助。
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take up的意思是：拿起；开始；从事；吸收；接纳；占去；继续做；做某事消遣。
take up 读音：英 [teik ʌp] 美 [tek ʌp] 。
词汇搭配
take-up accumulator 收线储存器；收线储线器。
take-up package 卷取筒子；成型筒子；卷装量。
take-up unit 收线架 ; 收线装置 ; 引取装置 ; 张紧装置。
例句：
1、He insisted that we take up the matter at the meeting.
他坚持我们在会上把这个问题说清楚。
2、Take up all your courage and do some thing your heart tells you to do , so that you may not regret not doing it later in life.
鼓起你的全部勇气，去做一些心灵指引你做的事情，这样，你才不会在日后的生活中因为没做到而感到遗憾。
扩展资料：
take up的近义词：
1、occupy
英 [ˈɒkjupaɪ] 美 [ˈɑ:kjupaɪ]
vt.占领；使用，住在…；使从事，使忙碌；任职。
Even quite small aircraft occupy a lot of space
哪怕很小的飞机也要占很大的空间。
2、accept
英 [əkˈsept] 美 [ækˈsɛpt]
vi. 承认;同意;承兑。
vt. 接受；承认；承担；承兑。
If I can accept this situation, surely you can.
如果我能接受这种情况，你当然也能。
