Take care not to take up the hot coals with your bare hands.

小心别光着手去拿烫煤。

He took up the telephone receiver and began to dial.

他拿起电话听筒开始拨号码。

Taking up a child under each arm she ran out of the fire.

她一手抱起一个孩子,冲出大火。

The men are coming tomorrow to take the stair mat up, ready for our move.

工人们明天要来掀掉楼梯地毯,为我们搬家作准备。

This old tree will have to be taken up by its roots.

这棵老树必须连根拔起。

Half the road surface is being taken up to lay new electric wires.

为了埋新电线,一半路面被掀开。

Who will take breakfast up to your mother?

谁上楼给你妈妈送早餐?

Please take these letters up to the main office.

请把这些信件送到总局。

This kind of paper claims to be able to take up more liquid than any other kind.

据说这种纸比其他纸吸水性强。

It's very difficult to take up a dropped stitch in this pattern.

这种织法要补针极难。

Now the fashion tells us all to take our skirts up again!

现在的流行式样又让咱们都把裙子弄短!

It can take up the whole afternoon to prepare a meal.

准备一顿饭有时要费一下午的时间。

The table takes up too much room.

这张桌子占的地方太大。

That big clock will have to go, it takes up too much space in the small hall.

那个大钟得拿走,它在这小厅里占的地方太大。

Writing in another language demands so much effort that it takes up all my attention.

用另外一种语言写作太费劲,我得全力以赴才行。

When does the Minister take up his office?

那位部长何时就职?

I hope to take up my new duties as your chairman at the next meeting.

我希望在下届大会以你们主席的身份开始工作。

At the age of sixty he took up the study of Russian.

在60岁时他开始学习俄语。

When did Joan first take up music?

琼是什么时候开始对音乐感兴趣的?

I wish I'd never taken up smoking.

我要是从不吸烟就好了。

Jane will be lucky if she is taken up by the famous singer.

如果简得到那位著名歌唱家提挈,她就会走运。

Beckett was taken up by Joyce before becoming a famous writer.

贝克特在成为名作家之前受到过乔伊斯的指导。

The train stops here to take up any further passengers, and then goes fast all the way to London.

列车在这里停车,再上一些乘客,然后快速直驶伦敦。

Joan took up the story when her sister forgot the next detail.

琼的妹妹忘记了后面的故事情节,琼便接着讲下去。

I put the telephone down and took up my work again.

我放下电话继续干我的活。

All the other children in the bus took up the song.

公共汽车上的其他孩子们也都跟着唱起那首歌来。

The whole crowd took up the shout.

整个人群都呼喊起来。

I'd like to take the boy's case up with a good lawyer.

我想把那孩子的案件交给一位优秀的律师办理。

I'll ask the next speaker to take up your suggestion.

我将请下一位发言人谈谈你的建议。

I'd like to take up your offer of a ride into town.

我愿接受你的邀请,搭你的车进城。

I must take you up here,I cannot agree.

我必须在此打断你一下,我不能同意。

You won't get far with your statement before the chairman takes you up short!

你说不了几句话主席就会打断你!

I took him up sharply when he mentioned the wrong date.

当他提到那个错误的日期时,我打断了他的话。

The girls will take up a collection at the end of the concert.

音乐会结束时,姑娘们就要募集捐款。

When can we take up the new shares?

我们什么时候才能付新股票的钱?

He kindly offered to take up the note of my debt.

他好意地提出要为我支付欠债单。

The boat has been in the water a long time, and the boards have taken up.

这艘船已下水很长时间了,船板都紧了。

Take up those loose ropes, your tent will fall down!

把那些松了的绳子拉紧,你的帐篷要倒了!

This part of the machine is for taking up the film.

机器的这一部件用来拉紧胶片。

These wires must be taken up or the machine will not work.

必须把这些电线绕紧,否则机器不能运转。

All the young men of the village offered to take up arms against the neighbouring people who kept attacking them and stealing their cattle.

村里的年轻人都愿意拿起武器,迎战那些不断攻击他们并偷盗他们家畜的邻村人。

Once he's taken up a defensive attitude, it's difficult to persuade him that there's nothing to be afraid of.

一旦他采取防范的态度,再要使他相信什么也不必担心就困难了。

I wonder if he really means that, or if he's just taking up a position on the matter.

我不知道他是真有那种意思呢,还是仅仅在此问题上表明一下自己的观点。

More people are beginning to take up the cause of children's rights.

有更多的人开始投身于维护儿童权益的事业中。

He said you can't possibly finish in time; are you going to take up his challenge?

他说你未必能按时完成; 你打算接受他的挑战吗?

Someone has to take up the cudgels for children's rights, as the children are helpless to do it themselves.

必须有人来大力维护儿童权益,因为他们自己尚无力争取。