| 词汇 | take on |
| 释义 | take on 1. employ 雇佣 * Our factory will take on twenty more workers next month. 我们厂下个月将再雇用20名工人。 * No more workers are being taken on at present. 眼下不再招收工人。 2. undertake 承担 * She takes on extra work on Sundays. 她星期天还承担了额外工作。 * Is he willing to take on the responsibility? 他愿意承担责任吗？ * I'll take the work on, but I can't tell you exactly when I'll finish it. 我会承担这项工作，可我不能确切地告诉你什么时候完成。 * You should never take on more than you can do. 你切莫承担力不能及的工作。 3. become excited; show great emotion (excitement, grief or anger) 激动；表现出强烈的感情（激动、悲痛、气愤等） * At the news of her husband's death she took on like a mad woman. 听到丈夫逝世的消息，她伤心得象疯了一样。 * She took on something dreadful when she was accused of telling lies. 当被指控说谎时，她的脸部表情很可怕。 * She took on terribly when her sister was so badly hurt. 妹妹受伤这么厉害，她伤心得不得了。 * The indignant passenger took on about the rudeness of the bus conductor. 愤怒的乘客对公共汽车售票员的粗鲁无礼发起火来了。 4. put on; take the appearance of; start to have the look of 披上；带上；呈现面貌 * Our institute has taken on a new look recently. 我们学院最近面目一新。 * The city took on a festive air. 全市呈现出一派节日景象。 * After the students put up Christmas decorations, the classroom took on a holiday appearance. 同学们挂上圣诞装饰后，教室里呈现出一片节日的景象。 * His writing has taken on a very peculiar style. 他写的作品体现了一种非常独特的风格。 5. be generally adopted; become popular 被普遍接受；受大家的欢迎 * The idea somehow failed to take on. 那主意不知为何未被大家接受。 * The new style didn't take on, so it was quickly dropped. 这种新式样没有能够流行，于是很快就被淘汰了。 * I didn't expect pointed shoes to take on, but they have. 我原来以为尖头皮鞋不会流行，可还真的流行了。 6. accept as an opponent in a contest; accept the challenge of（在竞赛中）接受…作为对手；接受…的挑战 * We knew their football team was bigger and stronger, but we took them on anyway and beat them. 我们知道他们的足球队比我们强大，但是我们仍然和他们比赛，而且把他们打败了。 * I don't mind playing against a beginner, like myself, but I'm not going to take on someone who has been playing chess for years. 跟一个象我自己一样的初学者比赛我不反对，但是我不会接受和一个下了多年棋的对手进行比赛。 7. load; receivefor carrying; be loaded with; allow to enter 装载；接纳；允许进入 * The tanker took on water at that port. 油船在那个港口加了水。 * A big ship was at the dock taking on automobiles in crates to carry overseas for sale. 一艘大船停在码头上装载用板条箱运送的汽车，将它们运到海外去销售。 * The bus driver stopped to take the children on. 公共汽车停下让孩子们上车。 8. absorb; acquire 吸收；获得 * The cloth took on red from the skirt that was washed in the same tub. 那块布跟裙子在一个盆里洗染上了红色。 |
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