taking

USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS 与描述动作的名词连用

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。

1. VERB （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'.
   1. She was too tired to take a shower...
      她累得连澡都懒得冲。
   2. Betty took a photograph of us...
      贝蒂给我们照了张相。
   3. I've never taken a holiday since starting this job...
      自从做这份工作起，我就没有休过假。
   4. There's not enough people willing to take the risk...
      没有足够的人愿意冒这个险。
   5. Walk around the property and take a good look at it from the outside...
      围着房子走一圈，从外边好好看一看。
   6. We took a long walk through the pines.
      我们在松树林中穿行了很久。
2. VERB （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'.
   1. The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war...
      经过 3 个月内战，爱国阵线夺取了政权。
   2. I felt it was important for women to join and take a leading role...
      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。
   3. The constitution requires members of parliament to take an oath of allegiance...
      宪法规定，议员必须宣誓效忠。
   4. In Asia the crisis took a different form.
      在亚洲，危机的表现形式有所不同。

OTHER USES 其他用法

1. VERB 拿;取
   If you take something, you reach out for it and hold it.
   1. Here, let me take your coat...
      来，我帮你拿大衣。
   2. Colette took her by the shoulders and shook her...
      科利特抓住她的双肩，摇晃着她。
   3. She took her in her arms and tried to comfort her.
      她把她揽进怀里，尽力安慰她。
2. VERB 随身带;携带
   If you take something with you when you go somewhere, you carry it or have it with you.
   1. Mark often took his books to Bess's house to study...
      马克常常带着书本去贝丝家学习。
   2. I'll take these papers home and read them...
      我会把这些文件带回家阅读。
   3. You should take your passport with you when changing money...
      兑汇时要带上本人护照。
   4. Don't forget to take your camera.
      别忘了带上相机。

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。

3. VERB 运送;带领;通向
   If a person, vehicle, or path takes someone somewhere, they transport or lead them there.
   1. She took me to a Mexican restaurant...
      她带我去了一家墨西哥餐厅。
   2. The school bus takes them to school and brings them back...
      校车接送他们上下学。
   3. She was taken to hospital.
      她被送进医院。
4. VERB (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.
   1. He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Cambridge...
      他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生，凭自身的才华上了剑桥。
   2. My work takes me abroad a lot.
      由于工作原因，我经常出国。
5. VERB 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.
   1. You need to take your problems to a trained counsellor...
      你需要去找训练有素的咨询顾问请教这些问题。
   2. In a true market, the customer can take business elsewhere.
      在真正的市场中，顾客可以去别处洽谈业务。
6. VERB 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.
   1. A combination of talent, hard work and good looks have taken her to the top...
      兼具天赋、勤奋和美貌使她得以出人头地。
   2. The managing director had given himself a pay rise of 20%, taking his salary to £20,000...
      经理给自己加了 20%的薪，使他的薪水达到了 2 万英镑。
   3. Her latest research takes her point further.
      她的最新研究进一步深化了她的观点。
7. VERB 拿掉;去掉;拿开
   If you take something from a place, you remove it from there.
   1. He took a handkerchief from his pocket and lightly wiped his mouth...
      他从口袋里掏出手帕，轻轻擦了擦嘴。
   2. Opening a drawer, she took out a letter.
      她打开抽屉，取出一封信。
8. VERB 偷走;(擅自)拿走
   If you take something from someone who owns it, you steal it or go away with it without their permission.
   1. He has taken my money, and I have no chance of getting it back...
      他偷了我的钱，我再也要不回来了。
   2. The burglars took just about anything they could carry.
      窃贼们盗走了所有拿得动的东西。
9. VERB (军队、政党)攻占，夺取，赢得，俘虏
   If an army or political party takes something or someone, they win them from their enemy or opponent.
   1. A Serb army unit took the town...
      一支塞尔维亚部队攻占了那个镇。
   2. Marines went in, taking 15 prisoners...
      海军陆战队士兵攻了进去，俘获 15 人。
   3. Labour took Edgbaston from the Conservatives.
      工党从保守党手中把埃奇巴斯顿赢了过来。
10. VERB 减去;减
    If you take one number or amount from another, you subtract it or deduct it.
    1. Take off the price of the house, that's another hundred thousand.
       减去房价，又是 10 万。
11. VERB 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.
    1. Don't ever ask me to look after those kids again. I just can't take it!...
       以后别再叫我去照看那些孩子了，我简直无法忍受！
    2. Harry's rudeness to everyone was becoming hard to take.
       哈里对谁都粗暴无礼，这渐渐叫人无法忍受。
12. VERB (尤指在战争中)蒙受，遭受(损害、损失)
    If you take something such as damage or loss, you suffer it, especially in war or in a battle.
    1. They have taken heavy casualties.
       他们遭受重大伤亡。
13. VERB 花费，占用(时间)
    If something takes a certain amount of time, that amount of time is needed in order to do it.
    1. Since the roads are very bad, the journey took us a long time...
       由于路况很糟糕，我们路上花了很长时间。
    2. I had heard an appeal could take years...
       我听说上诉要花好几年时间。
    3. The sauce takes 25 minutes to prepare and cook...
       这个调味料从准备到做好要 25 分钟。
    4. The game took her less than an hour to finish...
       她没用一个小时就拿下了这场比赛。
    5. You must beware of those traps — you could take all day getting out of them...
       你必须当心那些陷阱——陷进去的话，要一整天才能脱身。
    6. It takes 15 minutes to convert the plane into a car by removing the wings and the tail...
       拆除机翼和机尾，将飞机改装成汽车，前后要花 15 分钟。
    7. It had taken Masters about twenty hours to reach the house...
       马斯特斯用了约 20 个钟头才到达那所房子。
    8. It took thirty-five seconds for the hour to strike.
       报时用了 35 秒钟。
14. VERB 需要，要求(某种素质或某物)
    If something takes a particular quality or thing, that quality or thing is needed in order to do it.
    1. At one time, walking across the room took all her strength...
       曾经有段时间她得费尽全力才能从房间一头走到另一头。
    2. We want to get married and start a family and all. But that takes money...
       我们想结婚，生孩子等，可是那得花钱。
    3. It takes courage to say what you think...
       说出真实想法是需要勇气的。
    4. It takes the bark of three whole trees to make enough of the drug to treat a single patient...
       单是治疗一个病人，就需要三棵树的全部树皮来制取这种药。
    5. It takes a pretty bad level of performance before the teachers will criticize the students.
       学生只有表现极差时，老师才会批评他们。
15. VERB 接受;采纳
    If you take something that is given or offered to you, you agree to accept it.
    1. When I took the job I thought I could change the system, but it's hard...
       我接受那份工作时，以为我能改变那种体制，可实际上很难。
    2. His sons took his advice.
       他的儿子们采纳了他的建议。
16. VERB (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.
    1. They take great pride in their heritage...
       他们为自己的历史传统深感自豪。
    2. The government will take comfort from the latest opinion poll.
       政府会从最新的民意调查中得到安慰。
17. VERB (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.
    1. The firm took £100,000 in bookings.
       这家公司在票务预订方面的收入达到 10 万英镑。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 take in


18. N-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.
    1. It added another $11.8 million to the take, for a grand total of $43 million.
       这就又增加了1,180万美元的收入，总计为 4,300 万美元。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 takings


19. VERB 赢得，摘得(奖项或奖牌)
    If you take a prize or medal, you win it.
    1. 'Poison' took first prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival...
       《毒药》在 1991 年的圣丹斯电影节上获得一等奖。
    2. Christie took the gold medal in the 100 metres.
       克里斯蒂在 100 米赛中夺得金牌。
20. VERB 承担，承受，接受(责备、责任或功劳)
    If you take the blame, responsibility, or credit for something, you agree to accept it.
    1. His brother Raoul did it, but Leonel took the blame and kept his mouth shut...
       事情是莱昂内尔的弟弟拉乌尔干的，可是莱昂内尔却代他受过，并且对此绝口不提。
    2. She's reluctant to take all the credit.
       她不愿接受所有荣誉。
21. VERB 接受，接纳(病人或顾客)
    If you take patients or clients, you accept them as your patients or clients.
    1. Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted...
       有些大学将被迫超计划招生。
    2. They were told that Dr Albright wasn't taking any new patients.
       他们被告知，奥尔布赖特医生不再接收新病人了。
22. VERB 接听(电话)
    If you take a telephone call, you speak to someone who is telephoning you.
    1. Douglas telephoned Catherine at her office. She refused to take his calls.
       道格拉斯把电话打进凯瑟琳的办公室，可是她不接。
23. VERB (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.
    1. Unfortunately, no one took my messages seriously...
       遗憾的是，没人把我提供的信息当回事。
    2. Her husband had taken the news badly...
       她丈夫听到那个消息后伤心透了。
    3. I was determined to take the news in a calm and dignified manner.
       我决定要沉着冷静地面对这一消息。
24. VERB 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.
    1. There's confusion and resentment, and it's almost never expressed out in the open. Take this office, for example...
       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。
    2. You can attack this problem from many angles, but let's take one thing at a time...
       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。
    3. Taken in isolation these statements can be dangerous fallacies.
       孤立地看，这些说法可能是危险的谬论。
25. VERB 理解;明白;同意
    If you take someone's meaning or point, you understand and accept what they are saying.
    1. They've turned sensible, if you take my meaning...
       他们变得通情达理了，如果你明白我的意思的话。
    2. 'I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that's what happens.' — 'I take your point.'
       “我没说这样就对，我只是说实际情况如此。”——“你的意思我懂。”
26. VERB 把…错当成;误以为
    If you take someone for something, you believe wrongly that they are that thing.
    1. She had taken him for a journalist...
       她把他错当成记者了。
    2. Do you take me for an idiot?...
       你以为我是白痴吗？
    3. I naturally took him to be the owner of the estate.
       我自然而然地把他当成了庄园的主人。
27. VERB 选择要;选择购买
    If you take something from among a number of things, you choose to have or buy it.
    1. 'I'll take the grilled tuna,' Mary Ann told the waiter.
       “给我来份烤金枪鱼吧，”玛丽·安告诉侍者。
28. VERB 走，沿着(道路或路线)
    If you take a road or route, you choose to travel along it.
    1. From Wrexham centre take the Chester Road to the outskirts of town...
       从雷克瑟姆市中心出发，沿着切斯特路到达市郊。
    2. He had to take a different route home...
       他只好从别的路回家。
    3. The road forked in two directions. He had obviously taken the wrong fork.
       道路分岔为两个方向，他显然是走错岔道了。
29. VERB (短期)租赁，租住
    If you take a house or flat, you rent it, usually for only a short time.
    1. My wife and I have taken the cottage for a month.
       我和妻子租下这套乡间小屋已经一个月了。
30. VERB 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.
    1. Before the Chronicle I used to take the Guardian.
       在订阅《纪事报》以前，我看的是《卫报》。
31. VERB 乘坐;搭乘
    If you take a car, train, bus, or plane, you use it to go from one place to another.
    1. It's the other end of the High Street. We'll take the car, shall we?...
       它在大街的那头，我们乘车去，好吗？
    2. She took the train to New York every weekend...
       她每个周末乘火车去纽约。
    3. We'll take a taxi home.
       我们打的回家。
32. VERB 学习，选修(课程)
    If you take a subject or course at school or university, you choose to study it.
    1. Students are allowed to take European history and American history.
       学生可以选修欧洲史和美国史。
33. VERB 参加(考试)
    If you take a test or examination, you do it in order to obtain a qualification.
    1. She took her driving test in Greenford...
       她在格林福特参加了驾照考试。
    2. She travelled to India after taking her A levels.
       她参加完高等程度考试后去印度旅行了。
34. VERB 教…(课程);给…讲授(课程)
    If you take someone for a subject, you give them lessons in that subject.
    1. The teacher who took us for economics was Miss Humphrey.
       教我们经济学的是汉弗莱小姐。
35. VERB 服用，使用(毒品、药物)
    If someone takes drugs, pills, or other medicines, they take them into their body, for example by swallowing them.
    1. She's been taking sleeping pills...
       她一直在服用安眠药。
    2. I have never taken illegal drugs.
       我从未使用过违禁药品。
36. VERB 吃;喝
    If you take food or drink, you eat or drink it.
    1. She made a habit of coming in to take tea with Nanny Crabtree...
       她养成了进来和克拉布特里奶奶一起喝茶的习惯。
    2. If you don't take milk, cheese or yoghurt, other sources of calcium are important.
       你要是不喝鲜奶和酸奶，也不吃乳酪，那么其他的补钙来源就很重要了。
37. VERB 记(笔记);写(书信)
    If you take a note or a letter, you write down something you want to remember or the words that someone says.
    1. She sat expressionless, carefully taking notes...
       她坐在那儿面无表情，认真记着笔记。
    2. Take a letter, Miss Singleton.
       帮我写封信，辛格尔顿小姐。
38. VERB 测量;度量
    If you take a particular measurement, you use special equipment to find out what something measures.
    1. By drilling, geologists can take measurements at various depths...
       通过钻探，地质学家可以在不同深度测量。
    2. If he feels hotter than normal, take his temperature.
       如果他感觉比平时热，量量他的体温。
39. VERB 能容纳;装得下
    If a place or container takes a particular amount or number, there is enough space for that amount or number.
    1. The place could just about take 2,000 people.
       那地方只能容纳大约 2,000 人。
40. VERB 穿(特定尺码的鞋或衣物)
    If you take a particular size in shoes or clothes, that size fits you.
    1. 47 per cent of women in the UK take a size 16 or above.
       英国47%的女性穿16码或更大号的。
41. VERB (药物)起作用，生效;(染料)着色
    If something such as a drug or a dye takes, it has the effect or result that is intended.
    1. If the cortisone doesn't take, I may have to have surgery.
       如果可的松无效，我恐怕只能动手术了。
42. N-COUNT (一次拍摄的)场景，镜头
    A take is a short piece of action which is filmed in one continuous process for a cinema or television film.
    1. She couldn't get it right — she never knew the lines and we had to do several takes.
       她就是拍不好——她总记不住台词，我们只好拍了好几遍。
43. N-SING 态度;理解;看法
    Someone's take on a particular situation or fact is their attitude to it or their interpretation of it.
    1. What's your take on the new government? Do you think it can work?...
       你对新政府怎么看？你认为它能行吗？
    2. That sort of thing gives you a different take on who you are.
       那种事情会让你对自己产生新的认识。
44. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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？
    2. I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'...
       我觉得你们俩都不读《泰晤士报》。
    3. 'You've no objection, I take it?' — 'Of course not.'
       “我猜你不会反对吧？”——“当然不。”
45. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
46. CONVENTION 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.
    1. 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。
47. PHRASE 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.
    1. The government is not taking such criticism lying down.
       政府决不会甘心忍受这种批评。
48. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
    2. Having loads of children takes it out of you.
       养一大堆孩子让人心力交瘁。
49. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
50. 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.
51. to be taken aback → see: aback

1. He's taking a dangerous drug: it acts very fast on the central nervous system
   他正在服用一种危险的药物：这种药物能很快影响到中枢神经系统。
2. They admonished me for taking risks with my health
   他们责备我不应拿自己的健康冒险。
3. The medicines you are currently taking could be affecting your balance.
   你现在服用的药物可能会影响身体的平衡能力。
4. Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change
   窃贼洗劫了办公室，拿走了一口袋散币。
5. It's obvious he's worried about us and I'm taking it as a compliment.
   显然他担心我们，我把这当做一种赞美。
6. She was taking uppers and downers at the time.
   她那时在服用兴奋剂和抑制剂。
7. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
   你还期望什么？我们要应对的是“权威”。
8. I had obtained my first camera for the express purpose of taking railway photographs.
   我已经买了我的第一架照相机，专门用来拍摄铁路。
9. His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me
   他的秘书停止了记录，目瞪口呆地望着我。
10. The ship went under, taking with her all her crew.
    轮船连同其所有的船员一起沉没了。
11. Instead of taking me to the departure lounge they took me right to my seat on the plane.
    他们没有带我去候机厅，而是直接领我上飞机到了我的座位上。
12. More anglers are taking cameras when they go fishing to provide a memento of catches.
    更多的垂钓者去钓鱼的时候带上了照相机，以便钓上鱼后留个纪念。
13. Have I been neglectful of my friend, taking him for granted?
    我是不是对朋友不够尽心，太不把他当回事了？
14. People were talking to him, listening to him, taking him places.
    人们和他交谈、听他讲话、带他游览。
15. Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism
    乐观情绪逐渐取代了悲观主义。
16. We are a proud people. We are not used to begging or taking things.
    我们是有自尊的民族。我们不习惯乞讨或接受施舍。
17. We are taking action, having been in receipt of a letter from him
    收到他的信之后我们正在采取行动。
18. See? You're taking his side again.
    看到了吧？你又在帮他了。
19. The plane skidded off the runway while taking off in a snow storm.
    飞机在暴风雪中起飞的时候滑出了跑道。
20. He had been taking part in an international symposium on population.
    他那时正参加一个有关人口问题的国际研讨会。
21. She's been taking sleeping pills
    她一直在服用安眠药。
22. Lesley explains possible treatments but you can tell she's not taking it in
    莱斯利解释了各种可行的疗法，不过，你可以看出来，她并没有领会。
23. The plane developed engine trouble soon after taking off
    飞机在起飞后不久发动机就出了问题。
24. Taking a long view of the project, I began to think in terms of the rehearsal schedules required.
    为了对这个项目作长远打算，我开始根据要求的排练计划考虑问题。
25. 'Waltz with me,' he said, taking her hand
    “来和我跳支华尔兹吧，”他边说边牵起她的手。
26. Within a few days of taking office he had become the most unpopular man in the company.
    他上任没几天，就成了公司里最不得人心的人。
27. You're taking part in the decisions, but it's all cut and dried.
    你参与决策，但实际上他们已早事先安排好了。
28. I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre.
    我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。
29. I felt much better after taking the medicine.
    我吃了药以后好受多了。
30. Completely new relations between teachers and students are taking shape in our school.
    崭新的师生关系正在我们学校中形成。

noun

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something
   1. the pickings were easy
   2. clothing could be had for the taking

   Synonym:    pickings

adj

1. very attractive
   1. a fetching new hairstyle
   2. something inexpressibly taking in his manner
   3. a winning personality

   Synonym:    fetchingwinning