ONE PHRASE, IN CONTEXT

take up

接受（挑战、任务）；开始从事

电影阅读口语动词结构

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GET TO KNOW THE MEANING

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3 个义项

接受（挑战、任务）；开始从事

IN A SENTENCE

It is unclear who, if anyone, will take up the challenge in the 107th Congress.
目前还不清楚第107届国会中是否有人会接受这一挑战。

来源：OANC source document oanc-67ee3576652ede55f682ca72段 oanc-67ee3576652ede55f682ca72:p29s4OANC-1.0.1 UTF-8 (datasets-2026-09-25); source file OANC/data/written_2/technical/government/Post_Rate_Comm/Gleiman_EMASpeech.anc. OANC unrestricted-use terms: https://anc.org/data/oanc/

开始从事；培养（兴趣或活动）

IN A SENTENCE

After retiring, my uncle took up pottery and now sells his bowls at the weekend market.
退休后，我叔叔开始学陶艺，现在会在周末集市上卖自己做的碗。

来源：Expression V2 原创例句 · Expression V2段 take-up example 1Expression V2 创作

开始从事；培养（某种爱好）

IN A SENTENCE

She decided to take up swimming after the doctor recommended low-impact exercise.
医生建议做低冲击运动后，她决定开始游泳。

来源：Expression Original Learning Examples — 口语必备库 — batch11 · Expression Editorial Team段 oanc-base-take-upOriginal English example and Chinese translation written for Expression; no third-party sentence text is reproduced.