taking up

基本解釋

Business is taking up.
生意正在好起來。
I think it is time for the Fed to consider in earnest taking up some form of inflation targeting.
我認(rèn)爲(wèi)美聯(lián)儲是時候認(rèn)真考慮拿起一些通貨緊縮目標(biāo)制的形式了。
While “taking up photography” might sound like a great idea now, but when you find out you need to wake before the sun and head out at dusk just to get the best lighting, you might not be as excited.
就拿“學(xué)習(xí)攝影”來說，這是個不錯的主意，但是儅你發(fā)現(xiàn)需要在日出前起牀竝得在昏暗的條件下工作衹是爲(wèi)取得最好的採光，也許自己就不會那麼興奮了。

Live television footage shows military and civilian security forces taking up positions around the training facility grounds.
That is to say, what we're taking up this week, is as much really the history of criticism as literary theory.
也就是說，我們這周要講的，與其說是文學(xué)理論，不如說是文學(xué)評論的歷史。
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So taking up doing Fine Art career, "career", quote and quote, whatever that means, you know,
所以拿著美術(shù)做“職業(yè)”，無論什麼，
藝術(shù)從自由起步 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

And once again, its opposite (taking up less space) can be a sign of respect.
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