take up
1．allow（ passengers， etc．） to mount； stop and accept停车接纳乘客
The cars took their passengers up outside the hotel．那些汽车在旅馆外面接纳乘客。
The bus stopped to take up passengers．公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。
The train stops here to take up more passengers，and then goes fast all the way to London. 火车在这里停下来，再让一些乘客上车，然后就直抵伦敦。
2．occupy（time， space， etc．）占有（时间，空间等）
This work will take up a lot of my time．这项工作将占去我很多时间。
I must get rid of this large table;it takes up too much room．我得把这个大桌子拿走，它太占地方。I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your valuable time．占用了你那么多宝贵时间，真抱歉。
3．continue； resume继续做；接着…讲
I put the telephone down and took up the work again．我放下电话继续工作。
She took up her sewing after the visitor had gone．客人走后她继续做她的针线活。
4．assume（a position， office， atti tude，etc．）担任；承担（职位）；采取态度
When does the new director take up his post? 新的主任什么时候走马上任？
He will take up his new post on October 1．他将在10月1日就任新职。
The new president took up office yesterday．新总统昨天就职。
A most aggressive attitude was taken up by the next speaker．第 2个发言人采取了非常放肆的态度。
5．adopt sth． as a profession， hobby， subject for study， etc．从事某种职业；对某事有爱好；从事一项研究或学习
When he left school he took up journalism．离开学校以后，他就从事了新闻工作。
Rich people can afford to take up whatever hobbies they like．富人有能力从事他们所喜欢的任何爱好。
I think I'll take up oil pointing in my spare time．我想我将要在业余时间练习油画。
The scientist has taken up a new subject．这位科学家已开始研究一个新的课题。
6．pull and make tight or shorter;shorten缩紧；减短
The tailor took up the legs of the trousers. 裁缝把裤子改短了。
7．gather in（a contribution，etc.）； collect募捐；收集（钱等）
The girls will take up a collection at the end of the concert．这些女孩子在音乐会结束后要募捐。
All the tickets were taken up at the exit．所有的车票都在出口处被收去了。
8．take away； lift up; raise拿走；拿起；举起
The driver has had his license taken up for violating traffic regulations．因为违反交通规则，那个驾驶员的执照被吊销了。
He took up the telephone receiver and asked a number. 他拿起电话询问一个电话号码。
9．remove by taking in把…吸进去；溶解
This kind of paper claims to be able to take up more liquid than any other kind．这种纸据说比其它任何纸吸水性都强。
The vacuum cleaner took up the dirt from the rug．吸尘器把地毯上的灰尘吸掉了。
10．raise consideration of提出商讨；提出考虑
They decided to take the matter up at the plenary meeting．他们决定在全会上把这件事提出来。
The question of public housing should be taken up with the Minister whose responsibility it is．公众的住房问题应该提交负责这项工作的部长考虑。
He said he would take up my difficulties with the headmaster．他说要把我的问题提出来和校长商量解决。
The matter will be taken up at the next Party branch meeting．下一次党支部会议将着手处理此事。
11．arrest逮捕
The police took him up on a drugs charge．警察以吸毒的罪名逮捕了他。
Within two hours the arsonist was taken up by the police. 纵火犯在两小时内就被警察抓住了。
12．establish oneself in在…安居下来
He took up his permanent residence in Beijing after graduation. 他毕业后在北京定居下来。
13．interrupt by dissent； interrupt andcorrect；
rebuke；
reprimand （为表示异议等）打断（某人的话）；打断并更正；指责；责备
He took me up short on that point．我讲到那个问题时他突然打断了我的话。
She said something very absurd and we immediately took her up.她说了些非常荒谬的话，我们立即打断了她的话。
14．understand理解
Please don't take me up wrongly.请别误解我的意思。
15．adopt sb． as a protege提携；把…当作被保护人；帮助
Though a busy and successful nowelist， he was willing to take up any promising young writer and give him all the help he could．虽然他是一个很忙而又很有成就的小说家，但他愿意提携任何有前途的青年作家并给予一切可能的帮助。