take up的中文释义为拿起；开始从事；占据(时间，地方)。例句：Mr. Fay is to take up an appointment as a researcher.费伊先生将担任研究员的职务。

take up [ˈteɪk ʌp] 
拿起；开始从事；占据(时间，地方)

例句：

1.I won't take up any more of your time. 

我不再占用你的时间了。

2.We will take up references after the interview. 

我们在面试之后收推荐信。

3.I'd like to take up the point you raised earlier. 

我想继续谈一谈你早些时候提出的问题。

4.That's a matter for you to take up with your boss. 

这个问题你得去和你的老板进行交涉。

5.Mr. Fay is to take up an appointment as a researcher. 

费伊先生将担任研究员的职务。

6.It is not difficult to take up a new career in midlife. 

人到中年开始新的事业并不难。

7.He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport. 

他并没有特别想要开始从事竞技性运动项目。

8.The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office. 

副总统被迫走马上任。

9.Now you're settled, why don't you take up some serious study? 

既然你安顿下来了，为什么不做些认真的研究呢？

10.He left a career in teaching to take up a position with the NEH. 

他放弃了教职，以便在国家人文基金会任职。

11.They were not able to take up residence in their new home until the spring. 

他们到第二年春天才住进了新家。

12.It seemed that the pilot had another ship to take up the river that evening. 

似乎该领航员那天晚上还要引领另一艘船沿河而上。

13.As soon as the police disappear the violence will take up from where it left off. 

只要警察不在，暴力就会死灰复燃。

14.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。

15.They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met. 

他们威胁说，如果要求得不到满足就拿起武器对抗政府。

16.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。

17.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。

18.I'm afraid moving all those boxes will take up too much time. 

恐怕搬这些箱子会占用太多时间。

19.Now that you are able to take up arms and defend your motherland. 

你现在能够披坚执锐，保卫祖国了。

20.I firmly believe that my experience is adequate to take up this job. 

我坚信我的经验足够让我从事这份工作。