take up

英

/ teɪk ʌp /

美

/ teɪk ʌp /

释义

phrase. 拿起；开始从事；接受（提议）；占用

美式发音

/ teɪk ʌp /

/t/

/eɪ/

/k/

/ /

/ʌ/

/p/

I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time.

我知道你一定很忙，当然我不想占用你太多的时间。

A good deal of my time is taken up with driving the children to soccer games.

我的许多时间都用在开车送孩子们去参加足球比赛。

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。

He decided to take up painting.

他决定开始学画画。