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

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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)

  例：

  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

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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]

  例：

  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。

  例：

  He took upon himself the responsibility for protecting her.

  他自作主张承担起保护她的责任。