take care of

1. 照看小孩、老人、病人或物品可用take care of，英国英语尤用look after：
   You can take care of or, especially in BrE , look after someone who is very young, very old, or sick, or something that needs keeping in good condition.
   1. We’ve asked my mother to take care of/look after the kids while we’re away.
      我们已请我母亲在我们外出时照看孩子。
   2. You can borrow my camera if you promise to take care of/look after it.
      只要你答应把我的照相机保管好就可以借去用。
2. 但care for较常用于表示喜欢：
   But care for is more commonly used to mean ‘like’.
   1. She does some voluntary work, caring for the elderly.
      她干一些照顾老人的义务工作。
   2. I don’t really care for spicy food.
      我其实不喜欢吃辛辣食物。

1. I take care of them to the best of my abilities
   我尽我所能地照顾他们。
2. She used to take care of me when I was a baby
   我还在襁褓中时，她曾经照顾过我。
3. About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base.
   大约会有1,200人留守看管这个空军基地。
4. Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself
   你别担心我，我能照顾好自己。
5. There was no one else to take care of their children
   没有别人可以照料他们的孩子。
6. You have to learn to take care of your possessions.
   你得学会保管好自己的财物。
7. They leave it to the system to try and take care of the problem
   他们让系统去设法解决这个问题。
8. You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine
   你管好你的事，孩子，我会管好我的。
9. We believe you can redistribute this money in a way that's equitable to take care of the poor of the inner city.
   我们相信你能够重新分配这笔钱，以公平合理地照顾市中心的贫民。
10. He's counting on his mother to take care of the twins for him; she's had plenty of experience with them.
    他靠母亲帮忙照顾他的双胞胎；她在这方面很有经验。
11. I can take care of your kind.
    我能对付像你这样的家伙。
12. Mark, you've got a good wife. You ought to take care of her
    马克，你娶了个好妻子，应该好好待她。
13. See that you take care of him
    一定要照顾好他。
14. He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me
    他既不会有时间也不会有钱来照顾我。
15. We need to take care of our bodies.
    我们需要注意身体。
16. The firm has more clients than it can take care of.
    这家商行的主顾多得应接不暇。
17. Take care of yourself!; Be careful of yourself!
    保重保重。
18. I'm the one who took on the job, so let me take care of it.
    这事是我应下来的，由我负责吧。
19. What a good-for-nothing you are! You cannot take care of even such a trivial matter!
    你真是废物，连这点事都不会干。
20. The children can take care of themselves now.
    孩子们已能自己料理生活。
21. Just take care of yourself and don't worry.
    别着急，安心养病。
22. Uncle Wang will take care of the work on the threshing floor.
    场院的活让王大爷张罗。
23. Seriously now, you ought to take care of your health.
    说正经的，你得注意点儿身体。
24. It took him a whole evening to take care of these small jobs.
    他用了一个晚上才把这些琐碎事踢蹬完。
25. He resigned and left us to take care of the awful mess.
    他辞了职，把这烂摊子全撂给我们了。
26. The attendants should look at everything from the passengers'angle and take care of their every need.
    乘务员要事事设身处地为旅客着想。
27. Take care of yourself on the journey.
    一路多保重哦。
28. With three small children to take care of, mary's mother has her hands full.
    玛丽的母亲要照顾三个孩子，忙得不可开交。
29. Don't you worry, we'll take care of everything while you're away.
    你放心走吧，这里的事有我们照料。
30. It is possible to do corrective surgery on the eyes to take care of the problem.
    通过做眼睛矫正手术解决这个问题是可行的。

  care for look after take care of【导航词义：照顾，照料】

  care for phr. v. 照顾；护理

〔辨析〕较正式用语，多指照看不能自理的人；指保养某物时，强调使其保持良好状态。

  look after phr. v. 〈尤英〉照顾，照料

〔辨析〕尤指照看老人、小孩、病人等，包括提供帮助及所需物品，或保证安全等；用于物时，则含保证其完好之意。

  take care of phr. v. 照看

〔辨析〕与 look after 同义，可换用。