take on

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take on (taking,took,taken,takes)

1. PHRASAL VERB If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it. 承担
No other organization was able or willing to take on the job. 没有任何其他组织能够或愿意承担这项工作。
2. PHRASAL VERB If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality. 呈现[no passive]
Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity. 他认为自己只有一年能活了，他的文字呈现出一种极度的狂热。
3. PHRASAL VERB 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. (交通工具) 停下装载 (乘客、货物、燃料)
This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water. 这是一次短暂的停车以上客和装水。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job. 聘用
He's spoken to a publishing company. They're going to take him on. 他已经跟一家出版公司谈过了。他们将聘用他。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you take someone on, you fight them or compete against them, especially when they are bigger or more powerful than you are. 与 (尤指强于自己的人) 较量[no passive]
Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high. 民主党不愿意与一个支持率创历史新高的总统较量。
6. PHRASAL VERB If you take something on or upon yourself, you decide to do it without asking anyone for permission or approval. 擅自决定做[no passive]
Knox had taken it on himself to choose the wine. 诺克斯已擅自主张选了这种葡萄酒。
He took upon himself the responsibility for protecting her. 他自作主张承担起保护她的责任。

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