高中英语常用词组 take up


释义：

take up 拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方)

例句：


I won't take up any more of your time.

我不再占用你的时间了。



We will take up references after the interview.

我们在面试之后收推荐信。



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。



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。



The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office.

副总统被迫走马上任。



These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space so they take less time to download.

这些文件已被压缩以占用更少的磁盘空间，这样它们需要更短的时间下载。



They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met.

他们威胁说，如果要求得不到满足就拿起武器对抗政府。



Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study?

既然你安顿下来了，为什么不做些认真的研究呢？



It seemed that the pilot had another ship to take up the river that evening.

似乎该领航员那天晚上还要引领另一艘船沿河而上。