Phrase
take up
占用；耗费
To occupy or consume (space or time).
- 1.
To lift; to raise.
举起；抬起。
- 2.
To occupy; to consume (space or time).
占用；消耗(空间或时间)。
- 3.
To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place).
就位；占据(指定或预期的位置)。
- 4.
To set about doing or dealing with (something).
着手做；处理(某事)。
- 5.
To reprove or reproach (a person).
责备；指责(某人)。
- 6.
To begin to support or patronize, to sponsor (a person), to adopt as protégé.
开始支持或资助；赞助(某人)；收为门徒。
开始从事；着手处理；就位；就任；拿起；举起；提携；资助；责备；斥责
In use
This huge sofa takes up almost half of the living room.
The meeting took up three hours, so we missed lunch.
Could you move your bag? It's taking up too much room on the bench.
take up sth (an activity/hobby)
表示开始学习或从事某项活动或爱好。
She decided to take up painting.
她决定开始从事绘画。
take up time/space
表示占据时间或空间。
This sofa takes up too much space.
这张沙发占了太多空间。
take up sth (physically)
表示用手拿起某物。
He took up the book and started reading.
Connections
Collocations
- take up a hobby
- 开始从事爱好
- She decided to take up painting.她决定开始学画画。
- take up space
- 占据空间
- The sofa takes up too much space.沙发占据太多空间。
- take up time
- 占用时间
- This task will take up an hour.这项任务将占用一小时。
- take up a challenge
- 接受挑战
- He took up the challenge to run a marathon.他接受了跑马拉松的挑战。
- take up arms
- 拿起武器
- The rebels took up arms against the government.叛乱者拿起武器反抗政府。
- take up a position
- 就职，担任职位
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'拿起'新爱好，如开始学吉他，占据时间与空间。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：开始业余爱好、学习新技能 多用于日常生活或非正式语境，但在书面语中也可接受。
Grammar Note
常用于 take up sth 或 take sth up 结构
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.