Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common idiomatic expressions whose meanings can be found at the appropriate nouns. For example, the expression take care is explained at care.
take 能和各种名词搭配使用,其含义主要取决于所搭配的名词。此类搭配是常用的习惯用语,其意义可参见相应的名词。例如,短语 take care 在 care 词条下有解释说明。
1VERB (后接名词,用于描述动作或事件) You can use take followed by a noun to talk about an action or event, when it would also be possible to use the verb that is related to that noun. For example, you can say 'she took a shower' instead of 'she showered'. (后接名词,用于描述动作或事件)
She was too tired to take a shower. [VERB noun]
她累得连澡都懒得冲。
Betty took a photograph of us. [VERB noun]
贝蒂给我们照了张相。
I've never taken a holiday since starting this job. [VERB noun]
自从做这份工作起,我就没有休过假。
There's not enough people willing to take the risk. [VERB noun]
没有足够的人愿意冒这个险。
Walk around the property and take a good look at it from the outside. [VERB noun]
围着房子走一圈,从外边好好看一看。
We took a long walk through the pines. [VERB noun]
我们在松树林中穿行了很久。
2VERB (与一系列名词连用,代替意义更为具体的动词) In ordinary spoken or written English, people use take with a range of nouns instead of using a more specific verb. For example people often say 'he took control' or 'she took a positive attitude' instead of 'he assumed control' or 'she adopted a positive attitude'. (与一系列名词连用,代替意义更为具体的动词)
The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war. [VERB noun]
经过 3 个月内战,爱国阵线夺取了政权。
I felt it was important for women to join and take a leading role. [VERB noun]
我觉得让女性参与其中,并担当领导角色对于女性而言意义重大。
The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance. [VERB noun]
宪法规定,议员必须宣誓效忠。
In Asia the crisis took a different form. [VERB noun]
Take and bring are both used to talk about carrying something or accompanying someone somewhere, but take is used to suggest movement away from the speaker, and bring is used to suggest movement towards the speaker. Anna took the book to school with her... Bring your calculator to every lesson. In the first sentence, took suggests that Anna left the speaker when she went to school. In the second sentence, bring suggests that the person and the calculator should come to the place where the speaker is. You could also say 'Anna brought the book to school with her' to suggest that Anna and the speaker were both at school, and 'Take your calculator to every lesson' to suggest that the speaker will not be not present at the lesson.
take 和 bring 都可以用来表示随身携带某物或陪伴某人去某地,不过从说话者的角度来说,take 表示远离说话者的动作,而 bring 表示向说话者靠近的动作如:Anna took the book to school with her (安娜, 带着那本书去上学),Bring your calculator to every lesson (每次上课都把计算器带来)。在第一个句子里,took 暗示安娜离开说话者所在的地点去上学;在第二个句子里,bring 暗示计算器的携带者应该把计算器带到说话者所在的地点。为了暗示安娜和说话者同在学校,可以说 Anna brought the book to school with her;而为暗示说话者不会在课堂上,可以说 Take your calculator to every lesson。
3VERB 运送;带领;通向 If a person, vehicle, or path takes someone somewhere, they transport or lead them there. 运送;带领;通向
She took me to a Mexican restaurant. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
她带我去了一家墨西哥餐厅。
The school bus takes them to school and brings them back. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
4VERB (工作、兴趣等)使…去,使…前往 If something such as a job or interest takes you to a place, it is the reason for you going there. (工作、兴趣等)使…去,使…前往
He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Cambridge. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生,凭自身的才华上了剑桥。
My work takes me abroad a lot. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
由于工作原因,我经常出国。
5VERB 请教(问题等);洽谈(生意等) If you take something such as your problems or your business to someone, you go to that person when you have problems you want to discuss or things you want to buy. 请教(问题等);洽谈(生意等)
You need to take your problems to a trained counsellor. [VERB noun + to]
你需要去找训练有素的咨询顾问请教这些问题。
In a true market, the customer can take business elsewhere. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
在真正的市场中,顾客可以去别处洽谈业务。
6VERB 使…达到(一定水平、程度或状态) If one thing takes another to a particular level, condition, or state, it causes it to reach that level or condition. 使…达到(一定水平、程度或状态)
A combination of talent, hard work and good looks have taken her to the top. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
兼具天赋、勤奋和美貌使她得以出人头地。
The managing director had given himself a pay rise of 20%, taking his salary to £20,000. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
经理给自己加了 20%的薪,使他的薪水达到了 2 万英镑。
Her latest research takes her point further. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
她的最新研究进一步深化了她的观点。
7VERB 拿掉;去掉;拿开 If you take something from a place, you remove it from there. 拿掉;去掉;拿开
He took a handkerchief from his pocket and lightly wiped his mouth. [V n with prep/adv]
他从口袋里掏出手帕,轻轻擦了擦嘴。
Opening a drawer, she took out a letter. [V n with prep/adv]
10VERB 减去;减 If you take one number or amount from another, you subtract it or deduct it. 减去;减
Take off the price of the house, that's another hundred thousand. [V n + off]
减去房价,又是 10 万。
11VERB [no passive]忍受;忍耐;接受;经受 If you cannot take something difficult, painful, or annoying, you cannot tolerate it without becoming upset, ill, or angry. 忍受;忍耐;接受;经受
Don't ever ask me to look after those kids again. I just can't take it!. [VERB noun]
以后别再叫我去照看那些孩子了,我简直无法忍受!
Harry's rudeness to everyone was becoming hard to take. [VERB noun]
16VERB (从…中)获取,感到 If you take a feeling such as pleasure, pride, or delight in a particular thing or activity, the thing or activity gives you that feeling. (从…中)获取,感到
They take great pride in their heritage. [VERB noun + in]
他们为自己的历史传统深感自豪。
The government will take comfort from the latest opinion poll. [VERB noun + from]
17VERB (商店、饭店、剧院等)收入,赚取 If a shop, restaurant, theatre, or other business takes a certain amount of money, they get that amount from people buying goods or services. (商店、饭店、剧院等)收入,赚取 [mainly British, business]
18N-SING (商业机构的)收入,获利 You can use take to refer to the amount of money that a business such as a store or theatre gets from selling its goods or tickets during a particular period. (商业机构的)收入,获利 [mainly US, business]
It added another $11.8 million to the take, for a grand total of $43 million.
21VERB 接受,接纳(病人或顾客) If you take patients or clients, you accept them as your patients or clients. 接受,接纳(病人或顾客)
Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted. [VERB noun]
有些大学将被迫超计划招生。
They were told that Dr Albright wasn't taking any new patients. [VERB noun]
他们被告知,奥尔布赖特医生不再接收新病人了。
22VERB 接听(电话) If you take a telephone call, you speak to someone who is telephoning you. 接听(电话)
Douglas telephoned Catherine at her office. She refused to take his calls. [VERB noun]
道格拉斯把电话打进凯瑟琳的办公室,可是她不接。
23VERB (以特定方式)看待,对待 If you take something in a particular way, you react in the way mentioned to a situation or to someone's beliefs or behaviour. (以特定方式)看待,对待
Unfortunately, no one took my messages seriously. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
遗憾的是,没人把我提供的信息当回事。
Her husband had taken the news badly. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
她丈夫听到那个消息后伤心透了。
I was determined to take the news in a calm and dignified manner.
24VERB [usually imper]以…(为例);拿…(来说) You use take when you are discussing or explaining a particular question, in order to introduce an example or to say how the question is being considered. 以…(为例);拿…(来说)
There's confusion and resentment, and it's almost never expressed out in the open. Take this office, for example. [VERB noun]
有人迷惘,有人憎恨,可是几乎谁也没有公开表达过。就拿这个办公室的人来说吧。
You can attack this problem from many angles, but let's take one thing at a time. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
这个问题可以从多个角度解决,不过,还是让我们逐个分析吧。
Taken in isolation these statements can be dangerous fallacies. [VERB-ed]
30VERB 购买,订阅(报纸等) If you take something such as a newspaper, you buy it or have it delivered to your home on a regular basis. 购买,订阅(报纸等) [mainly British]
Before the Chronicle I used to take the Guardian. [VERB noun]
44PHRASE 我自认为;我以为;我猜测 You can say 'I take it' to check with someone that what you believe to be the case or what you understand them to mean is in fact the case, or is in fact what they mean. 我自认为;我以为;我猜测
I take it you're a friend of the Kellings, Mr Burr.
伯尔先生,想必您是凯林家的朋友吧?
I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'.
我觉得你们俩都不读《泰晤士报》。
'You've no objection, I take it?' — 'Of course not.'
“我猜你不会反对吧?”—“当然不。”
45PHRASE 相信我;我敢保证 You can say 'take it from me' to tell someone that you are absolutely sure that what you are saying is correct, and that they should believe you. 相信我;我敢保证
Take it from me — this is the greatest achievement by any Formula One driver ever.
信我的没错—这是一级方程式赛车手有史以来所取得的最高成就。
46CONVENTION 接不接受随你,要就要不要拉倒(不容讨价还价) If you say to someone 'take it or leave it', you are telling them that they can accept something or not accept it, but that you are not prepared to discuss any other alternatives. 接不接受随你,要就要不要拉倒(不容讨价还价)
A 72-hour week, 12 hours a day, six days a week, take it or leave it.
一星期 6 天,一天 12 小时,总共 72 小时,愿不愿意随你的便。
47PHRASE 忍受,甘受,屈从于(侮辱或攻击) If someone takes an insult or attack lying down, they accept it without protesting. 忍受,甘受,屈从于(侮辱或攻击)
The government is not taking such criticism lying down.
政府决不会甘心忍受这种批评。
48PHRASE 使费尽力气;使精疲力竭 If something takes a lot out of you or takes it out of you, it requires a lot of energy or effort and makes you feel very tired and weak afterwards. 使费尽力气;使精疲力竭
He looked tired, as if the argument had taken a lot out of him.
他看上去累坏了,似乎这场争论已使他精疲力尽。
Having loads of children takes it out of you.
养一大堆孩子让人心力交瘁。
49PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHR pron-refl]使忘却烦恼;使心情好 If something takes you out of yourself, it makes you feel better and so you forget all your worries and unhappiness. 使忘却烦恼;使心情好
Donating time and energy to others can take you out of yourself.
抽出一些时间和精力帮助别人可以使你忘却烦恼。
50PHRASE 休息 5 分钟/休息 10 分钟 If someone tells you to take five or to take ten, they are telling you to have a five or ten minute break from what you are doing. 休息 5 分钟/休息 10 分钟 [mainly US, informal]
51 to be taken aback→see: aback to take up arms→see: arm to take the biscuit→see: biscuit to take the bull by the horns→see: bull to take your hat off to someone→see: hat to take the mickey→see: mickey to take the piss out of someone→see: piss to take something as read→see: read to be taken for a ride→see: ride to take someone by surprise→see: surprise take my word for it→see: word