考研英语大纲常考词组短语 take up
释义：
take up 拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方)
例句：
The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office.
副总统被迫走马上任。
He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month.
他将于下个月底开始担任民事法庭的庭长。
I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time.
我知道你一定很忙，当然我不想占用你太多的时间。
These files have been zipped up to take up less disk space so they take less time to download.
这些文件已被压缩以占用更少的磁盘空间，这样它们需要更短的时间下载。
I really want a seat that doesn't take up any floor space when I don't need it.
我真的想要一个在我不需要的时候不占地板空间的座椅。
Peter will take up his post as the head of the travel agency at the end of next month.
彼得将在下个月月底担任旅行社的负责人。
If you had a book as long as the Gospel of Matthew, it'd take up a pretty thick scroll.
如果你有一本像《马太福音》一样长的书，那么它会占据很厚的一卷。
The helicopter has not only powerful weapons and armor, but it can take up to 8 gunners.
这架直升机不仅有强大的武器和装甲，还可以带上8名枪手。
You'll never guess what happened to me! A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take up yoga.
你绝对猜不到我发生了什么事！几周前，我决定开始练习瑜伽。
Too long a sentence will take up costly space better used for the violent and unremorseful.
太长的句子会占用昂贵的空间，而这些空间可以被更好地用于暴力和无情的人。
Combine Exercise and Leisure. Take up fun activities that force you to exercise and have fun.
把锻炼和休闲结合起来。参加有趣的活动可以促使你锻炼并玩得快乐。
Other people think this activity will take up plenty of time of students and get in the way of their study.
另一些人认为这种活动会占用学生大量的时间，妨碍他们的学习。
Future farms will likely experience a greater deal of autonomy as robots take up more and more farm work efficiently.
未来的农场可能会有更大的自主权，因为机器人会更高效地承担更多的农活。
Chris has talked about pandas being an evolutionary cul-de-sac, and it's certainly unusual for a carnivore to take up herbivory.
克里斯曾经说熊猫是进化的尽头，而对于食肉动物来说，摄取食草动物是很不寻常的。
They take up a teeny bit, but when we're thinking about the set up of the atom, we don't have to account for them as using up a lot of the mass.
它们占据了非常小的一部分，但当我们考虑原子的构造的时候，不用考虑它们会占用很多的质量。
In real life, he is called "the father of India women wrestling" because thousands of girls across India have been supported to take up wrestling with his efforts.
在现实生活中，他被称为“印度女子摔跤之父”，因为他的努力，印度各地成千上万的女孩都得到了支持来从事摔跤。