take /teik/ vt. (took /tuk/, taken /ˈteikən/) 1.拿，取，收：After having the meal he took his hat and went away. 饭后他拿起帽子就走了。Will you take the baby while I look for keys? 我找钥匙时你去接孩子好吗? 2.吃，喝：take some bread吃些面包；take the medicine three times a day日服三次药 3.带往：Take him to the nearest hospital at once. 马上送他到最近的医院。 4.采取，接受：What steps/measures have you taken?你采取了哪些措施? I should have taken your advice.我本来该接受你的意见。 5.坐，租用：I took a taxi home last night. 昨晚我坐出租车回家。 He took the house for a year. 这房子他租了一年。 6.做，从事(与名词连用)：take a bath 洗澡; take a walk(rest, trip) 散步（休息，旅行）；take a look at oneself in the glass在镜子里看看自己 7. 需要，花费：How much petrol will the car take? 这车要用多少汽油? How long does the flight take? 飞行要多长时间? 8. 记录，拍摄：take one’s temperature and blood pressure 记下某人的体温和血压；take one’s photograph 给某人照相 9. 捕获，抓住：take 500 prisoners 抓获500俘虏 The rabbit was taken in a trap. 兔子被人用笼子抓住了。10.用于短语动词或习语 take a chance(s)冒险（见chance条）；take a delight in喜爱，以…为乐（见delight条） take sb. aback使某人震惊：He was taken aback by her directness. 她的直率让他吃惊。take sb. by surprise 出其不意地攻击（见surprise条）take after 长得像（某个长辈）：Peter’s very tall - he takes after his father.彼得个子大，长得像他父亲。take against sb.开始讨厌某人：I think she took against me because I got the promotion she wanted.我觉得他开始烦起我来了，因为我被提拔的岗位正是他想的。take apart 拆开：take a watch (the engine) apart 把一只手表(发动机)拆开 take … as 把当作：He somehow took it as a personal insult. 可是他将其看成是一种人格侮辱。 take away 减去；拿走：take away this number from that 把这数从那数里减去He took the rest away.他把剩下的拿走了。take back 带回，收回：I take back what I just said.我收回刚说的话。 Will you take the children back to school? 你把孩子带回校，好吗? take cover 勉强躲避，暂避（见cover条）take down 拆除；拿下；记下：take the tent down 把帐篷拆了；take down the picture on the wall将墙上的画摘下来；take down the report记下报告 take… for 把…看成是：Do you take me for a fool? 你认为我是个笨蛋? take in 欺骗；领会，理解；接纳，接受：be good at taking people in 善于哄人上当 We could hardly take in what was said. 我们几乎听不懂说的啥。He had nowhere to go, so I took him in.他无处可去，我就收留了他。 take off 脱掉；离开；起飞：He took off his wet shoes.他脱下湿鞋。The soldiers took off for the next town. 战士们匆匆出发到下一个城市。The plane took off on time. 飞机正点起飞。take on 呈现；开始雇用；同…较量；承担，从事：take on a new look 呈现新面貌；take on ten more men as bricklayers 再雇10人作为泥瓦工；take on two opponents 同两个对手比赛［考句］ Mr. Wilson said he did not want to take on any further responsibilities. 威尔逊先生说，他不愿意承担更多的责任。take out 取出；带出去：The doctor took out five of John’s teeth. 医生给约翰拔了5颗牙。Our boss took us out for a meal.老板带我们出去吃饭。take over 接收；借用，承袭：take over one’s new duties 接替新的工作［考句］It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be taken over by insects. 许多科幻小说有一个常见的主题，那就是这个世界有一天将会由昆虫控制。take place 发生：Great changes have taken place since 2000 in our country. 自2000年以来，我国已发生了巨大的变化。The race will take place tomorrow.这项比赛将在明天进行。(cf. take the place of…代替，见place条) take to 喜欢；开始从事，变得喜欢：take to each other at once 立即互相产生好感；take to the habit of smoking 开始染上吸烟的习惯 ［考句］When Jack was eighteen he took to going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.杰克18岁的时候喜欢上和一群古怪的人混在一起，而且在外逗留得很晚。take…to heart （把批评、建议等）放在心上（见heart条） take up 开始学习，选修；拿起；占：Marx took up Russian in his sixties. 马克思60多岁开始学俄语。［考句］Our son doesn’t know what to take up at the university; he can’t make up his mind about his future.我儿子不知道在大学里学什么好，他决定不了将来干什么。The whole nation took up arms against the enemy. 全国人民拿起武器反对敌人。The large desk takes up too much room. 大写字台占的地方太大。［考句］ Important people don’t often have much free time as their work takes up all their time.大人物不是经常都有很多自由支配的时间，因为他们的工作占去了他们的全部时间。
［辨析］与bring, fetch和carry辨见bring
