1、从高考题谈take热点短语用法请先看下面这道高考题： After he retired from office, Rogers _ painting for a while, but soon lost interests. （2006山东卷）A. took upB. saved upC. kept up D. drew up 【解析】 答案为A。考查动词短语的用法。take up意为“拿起，从事，学习”，其余三项均不合句意。上面这道题考查了关于take的热点短语用法，下面我们把take的热点短语用法做一简要归纳，希望同学们能举一反三，触类旁通。1. take away “移走，带走，减少”。
2、例如：He wants to know who has taken away his dictionary.2. take along “带去”。例如：I took my brother along to the concert.3. take back1) 取回，带回。例如：Im going to take my children back in my car.2) 收回，撤销（言论等）。例如：If you dont take back what you said about me, Im going to angry with you.3）使（某人）回忆起。例如：The tune take
3、s me back to my childhood.4. take down “取下、拿下；写下、记下；拆除”。例如：She took some cups down from the cupboard.5. take in 1） 欺骗、蒙骗。例如：I was taken in by the salesmanthe car turned out to be uneconomical and unreliable.2) 包含、包括。例如：The United Kingdom takes in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.3）理解、领悟
4、。例如：I cant take in why you are angry.4） 吸入（空气、水等）。例如：Fish take in oxygen through their gills.6. take off1） 脱下，取下，移除。例如：Doctors recommended that the drug should be taken off the market.2） （飞机等）起飞。例如：The plane took off in spite of the fog.3） 从（价格）减去，减价。例如：They are taking 50% off all goods in that bout
5、ique （时装店）.7. take on1) 雇佣，承担。例如：Dont take on more work than you can doyou can take on an assistant.2) 呈现，显现。例如：My dream began to take on the quality of reality.3) 与（某人）打架，与（某人）较量。例如：My son often takes on someone twice his size and wins.8. take out1） 拿出，取出，把（某人）带出，可分开用。例如：I saw him enter the room, u
6、nlock a drawer, take out a document, photograph it and put it back.2） 除去，拔（牙等），去除（污点等）。例如：You will have to have that tooth taken out.3) 申请领取。例如：Any person over the age of 16 in that country can take out a driving license.9. take over “继承，接管，接任”。例如：The young politician took over the leadership of the
7、 party.10. take to “喜欢上，养成的恶习，开始”。例如： She was such a clever girl that I took to her the moment I met her.11. take up1） 拿起，举起。例如：She took up her Boston bag and left.2） 占（时间、地方等），消耗。例如：It took up a whole week to make a dress.3） 开始，从事。例如：He took up painting when he was still a child.4） 继续（中断的话），接下去。例如：She took up the story where John had left off.
