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　　took up

　　英：

　　美：

　　拿起；吸纳；接受（takeup的过去式）

　　拿起；吸纳；接受（take up的过去式）

　　1、Troops

　　took up

　　a defensive position around the town.───部队在全城采取了守势。

　　2、Those people who

　　took up

　　weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners.───那些拿起武器自卫的人是些政治犯。

　　3、I

　　took up

　　my position by the door.───我把住了门口。

　　4、Brenda

　　took up

　　tennis late in life.───布伦达在晚年打起网球来了。

　　5、He

　　took up

　　a bowl of water and gulped it down.───他端起一碗水,咕嘟咕嘟地喝了下去.

　　6、It

　　took up

　　to Christmas for political relations to thaw.───直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。

　　7、He

　　took up

　　with smugglers.───他和走私犯混到一块儿去了。

　　8、She

　　took up

　　a sheet and ratcheted it into the typewriter.───她拿起一张纸，把它哗哗啦啦地塞到打字机中。

　　9、He

　　took up

　　office out of a sense of duty.───他就任公职是出于一种责任感。

　　10、96 per cent of the eligible employees

　　took up

　　the offer.───符合条件的雇员有96%接受了这个条件。

　　11、He

　　took up

　　office as an ambassador for ten years continuously.───他连任十年大使.

　　12、She

　　took up

　　his offer of a drink.───他请她喝一杯，她接受了。

　　13、Alex only

　　took up

　　the pianoforte when he was 14.───亚历克斯到14岁时才开始学钢琴.

　　14、He

　　took up

　　telephone receiver and began to dial.───他拿起电话听筒开始拨号码.

　　15、He

　　took up

　　his settlement in a new house.───他在新屋居住下来.

　　16、The entire memo

　　took up

　　all of two pages.───整个备忘录写了满满两页纸。

　　17、After a short rest, they

　　took up

　　their knapsacks and went on.───休息了一会儿之后, 他们又背起背包上路了.

　　18、I put the telephone down and

　　took up

　　my work again.───我放下电话继续干我的活.

　　1、cooks up───虚构，伪造

　　2、cook up───虚构，伪造

　　3、book up───预订（票、车位、舱位等）；全部预定完

　　4、books up───预订（票、车位、舱位等）；全部预定完

　　5、look up───仰望；查阅；尊敬；拜访；改善

　　6、cook ups───虚构，伪造

　　7、hook up───勾搭某人；与某人来往；搭档工作

　　take up意思：拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方)

　　take in意思：接受；理解；拘留；欺骗；让…进入；改短