take up 托福

They decided to take up arms against the invaders.

他们决定拿起武器反抗入侵者。

Are you going to let down or take up the hem of that dress?

这件衣服你是打算放长还是折短？

He took up the cause with evangelical fervor.

他以传道者情投身于这事业。

Too many extracurricular activities take up too much of our precious time for study.

课外活动太多,占去了我们很多宝贵学习时间。

He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.

他忙于做夫妻间调解工作。

Alex only took up the pianoforte when he was 14.

亚历克斯到14岁时才开始学钢琴。

She takes up nursing as a career.

她以看护为职业。

I was riding Kevin's wife's bike.She took up the pillion seat behind Kev.

我驾驶是凯文妻子摩托车，她则坐在凯文后座上。

Some people take up yoga to aid relaxation.

有些人通过练瑜伽来帮助放松。

He took up the position that the meeting should be postponed to next week.

他主张会议应当延期到下星期举行。

Can you recommend a classmate who can take up the job?

你能不能推荐位能承担这项工作同学?

Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.

许多退休人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

Mrs Snell had taken up her position on the bottom step of the stairs.

斯内尔夫人已经占据了楼梯最底下阶位置。

He took his pent up frustration out on his family.

他把因挫败而郁积怒气发泄在家人身上。

After a short rest,they took up their knapsacks and went on.

休息了会儿之后,他们又背起背包上路了。

I took up the time admiring my surroundings.

我趁这时欣赏周围环境。

The boxer took up a fighting stance.

拳击手采取了攻势。

If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she “took up” with him at all, to call her by her first name.

如果那女子露出点卖弄风情品性，他就会上前去帮她理理领带,如果她‘吃’他那套献殷勤手段，他马上开始用小名称呼她了。

If you’re serious about taking up painting, invest in good quality brushes and canvas. After all, it’s no good trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

如果你真想搞绘画，就花钱买质量好点画笔和画布。毕竟劣材难成器。

Among the life form plants ,the hemicryptophyte amounts to 43% of the total, the geophyte and the therophyte each makes up 15%, and the hemicrypto-geophyte takes up 12%.

地下芽植物和年生植物次之，各占15%；地面-地下芽植物占12%。