悠悠小荷  发表于 2017-8-30 10:11:47| 1210 次查看 | 2 条回复

take on


承担;较量


<No01,Debbie is taking on new responsibilities at work.
黛比在工作上接下了新责任。

<No02,Larry had to take on a second job to pay his bills.
拉里得接下第二份工作去付他的帐单。

<No03,Sally took on her brother in a game of chess.
萨利和她弟弟较量棋艺。

<No04,Kenny green is going to take the mayor on in the next election.
肯尼·格林要问鼎下任市长。

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take on 作“承担”时,通常是指承担、接受“工作或是责任”,尤其是指困难的工作。例如,我们可以说:Susan's father is a workaholic; he always takes on too much work。(苏珊的爸爸是个工作狂,他总是揽太多工作在自己身上。)

另外,take on 作“较量”的时候,意思是“在竞赛中和对手一分高下,一决胜负”。


太急燥了,要平心静气
bjoskbxtw  评论于  2017-8-30 10:18:04
回帖是必须的
王员外的粉丝  评论于  2017-9-2 10:11:24
很好,学习了……