81:take up



今天学的词组是take up。 Take up这个短语有好几个意思,比如She took up painting -- 她开始学习绘画。The piano takes up half the living room -- 钢琴占了客厅一半的地方。 Take up也指就某个问题进行讨论。

美国参议院近期将就防止生化恐怖袭击的提案展开讨论. "The Senate is going to take up legislation dealing with the bioterrorism threat." 美国国会在2006国会中期选举之后成了人们所说的lame duck -- 瘸脚鸭子,不过呢他们仍打算在下届国会上台之前讨论一些重要的提案 -- "They are to take up some key legislation." 今天学的词组是take up...

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