take on

T 开头单词

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take on (taking,took,taken,takes)

1. PHRASAL VERB If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it. 承擔
No other organization was able or willing to take on the job. 沒有任何其他組織能夠或願意承擔這項工作。
2. PHRASAL VERB If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality. 呈現[no passive]
Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity. 他認爲自己衹有一年能活了，他的文字呈現出一種極度的狂熱。
3. PHRASAL VERB If a vehicle such as a bus or ship takes on passengers, goods, or fuel, it stops in order to allow them to get on or to be loaded on. (交通工具) 停下裝載 (乘客、貨物、燃料)
This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water. 這是一次短暫的停車以上客和裝水。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job. 聘用
He's spoken to a publishing company. They're going to take him on. 他已經跟一家出版公司談過了。他們將聘用他。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you take someone on, you fight them or compete against them, especially when they are bigger or more powerful than you are. 與 (尤指強於自己的人) 較量[no passive]
Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high. 民主黨不願意與一個支持率創歷史新高的縂統較量。
6. PHRASAL VERB If you take something on or upon yourself, you decide to do it without asking anyone for permission or approval. 擅自決定做[no passive]
Knox had taken it on himself to choose the wine. 諾尅斯已擅自主張選了這種葡萄酒。
He took upon himself the responsibility for protecting her. 他自作主張承擔起保護她的責任。

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