*Our factory will take on twenty more workers next month．我們廠下個月將再雇用20名工人。
*No more workers are being taken on at present．眼下不再招收工人。
2．undertake 承擔
*She takes on extra work on Sundays．她星期天還承擔了額外工作。
*Is he willing to take on the responsibility？他願意承擔責任嗎？
*I'll take the work on，but I can't tell you exactly when I'll finish it．我會承擔這項工作，可我不能確切地告訴你什麼時候完成。
*You should never take on more than you can do．你切莫承擔力不能及的工作。
3．become excited；show great emotion（excitement，grief or anger）激動；表現出強烈的感情（激動、悲痛、氣憤等）
*At the news of her husband's death she took on like a mad woman．聽到丈夫逝世的消息，她傷心得象瘋了一樣。
*She took on something dreadful when she was accused of telling lies．當被指控說謊時，她的臉部表情很可怕。
*She took on terribly when her sister was so badly hurt．妹妹受傷這麼厲害，她傷心得不得了。
*The indignant passenger took on about the rudeness of the bus conductor．憤怒的乘客對公共汽車售票員的粗魯無禮發起火來了。
4．put on；take the appearance of；start to have the look of披上；帶上；呈現面貌
*Our institute has taken on a new look recently．我們學院最近面目一新。
*The city took on a festive air．全市呈現出一派節日景象。
*After the students put up Christmas decorations，the classroom took on a holiday appearance．同學們掛上聖誕裝飾後，教室裡呈現出一片節日的景象。
*His writing has taken on a very peculiar style．他寫的作品體現了一種非常獨特的風格。
5．be generally adopted；become popular 被普遍接受；受大家的歡迎
*The idea somehow failed to take on．那主意不知為何未被大家接受。
*The new style didn't take on，so it was quickly dropped．這種新式樣沒有能夠流行，于是很快就被淘汰了。
*I didn't expect pointed shoes to take on，but they have．我原來以為尖頭皮鞋不會流行，可還真的流行了。
6．accept as an opponent in a contest；accept the challenge of（在競賽中）接受…作為對手；接受…的挑戰
*We knew their football team was bigger and stronger，but we took them on anyway and beat them．我們知道他們的足球隊比我們強大，但是我們仍然和他們比賽，而且把他們打敗了。
*I don't mind playing against a beginner，like myself，but I'm not going to take on someone who has been playing chess for years．跟一個象我自己一樣的初學者比賽我不反對，但是我不會接受和一個下了多年棋的對手進行比賽。
7．load; receivefor carrying； be loaded with； allow to enter裝載；接納；允許進入
*The tanker took on water at that port．油船在那個港口加了水。
*A big ship was at the dock taking on automobiles in crates to carry overseas for sale．一艘大船停在碼頭上裝載用板條箱運送的汽車，將它們運到海外去銷售。
*The bus driver stopped to take the children on．公共汽車停下讓孩子們上車。
8．absorb; acquire吸收；獲得
*The cloth took on red from the skirt that was washed in the same tub．那塊布跟裙子在一個盆裡洗染上了紅色。
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