| 单词 | take on |
| 释义 | take on (once / 298 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY take on: taken on, takes on, taking on, took on USAGE EXAMPLESAfter skewering Westerns in “Blazing Saddles” and classic horror movies in “Young Frankenstein,” Mel Brooks took on Alfred Hitchcock thrillers in this 1977 comedy. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Religion is a container that is fashioned from human beings and can take on all our flaws and failures, and can be dropped and broken. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Asked about the meaning of Donald Trump he echoes Zhou Enlai’s supposed take on the French Revolution: “it’s too early to tell.” Economist(Dec 01, 2016) 1 v take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper adopt, assume, take over resume assume anew take office assume an office, duty, or title 1v accept as a challenge Syn|Hypo|Hyper tackle, undertake rise exert oneself to meet a challenge confront, face, face up deal with (something unpleasant) head on 2v contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle 3Syn|Hypo encounter, meet, play play participate in games or sport playemploy in a game or in a specific position playuse or move playshoot or hit in a particular manner confront, face oppose, as in hostility or a competition replayrepeat a game against the same opponent breast, frontconfront bodily take the bull by the hornsface a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it match, oppose, pit, play offset into opposition or rivalry v admit into a group or community 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper accept, admit, take admit, include, let in allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of profess receive into a religious order or congregation accept, have, take receive willingly something given or offered v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect Syn|Hypo|Hyper acquire, adopt, assume, take re-assume take on again, as after a time lapse change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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