1PHRASAL VERB 承担,接受(尤指艰巨工作或重大责任) If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it. 承担,接受(尤指艰巨工作或重大责任) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job. [VERBPREP. noun]
没有任何别的组织有能力或愿意承担此项工作。
Don't take on more responsibilities than you can handle. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
2PHRASAL VERB [no passive]呈现,显出(新面貌或新特点) If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality. 呈现,显出(新面貌或新特点) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity. [VERBPREP. noun]
3PHRASAL VERB (公共汽车、船舶等)上(客),装(货),补充(燃料) 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. (公共汽车、船舶等)上(客),装(货),补充(燃料) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water. [VERBPREP. noun]
这是一次短暂停靠,上上客,加加水。
4PHRASAL VERB 雇用;录用 If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job. 雇用;录用
He's spoken to a publishing firm. They're going to take him on. [VERB noun PREP.]
他和一家出版公司谈过了,他们打算雇用他。
The party has been taking on staff, including temporary organisers. [VERBPREP. noun]
5PHRASAL VERB [no passive]与(尤指实力比自己强的人)较量;接受…的挑战 If you take someone on, you fight them or compete against them, especially when they are bigger or more powerful than you are. 与(尤指实力比自己强的人)较量;接受…的挑战
Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high. [VERBPREP. noun]
6PHRASAL VERB [no passive]擅自决定;自作主张 If you take something on or upon yourself, you decide to do it without asking anyone for permission or approval. 擅自决定;自作主张
Knox had taken it on himself to choose the wine. [V n P pron-refl]
诺克斯擅自作主,选了葡萄酒。
He took upon himself the responsibility for protecting her. [VP pron-refl]
他主动肩负起保护她的责任。
The President absolved his officers and took the blame upon himself. [V n P pron-refl]