（高頻詞彙）take用法綜述
在美國當代英語語料庫統計的20000個常用詞中，take位居第62位，在4.5億個單詞中出現了670745次。今天就帶大家一起來系統學習take的用法。
頻率最高的搭配：
Take place（發生）>take care（注意、小心）>take a look（看一看）>take step（採取措施）>take advantage（利用）
詞形變化：
takes、took、taken
Take詞義解析：
1. to remove something, especially without permission拿；奪取；取走
Has anything been taken (= stolen)?
丟了什麼東西嗎？
Here's your book - I took it by mistake.
你的書在這裏，我拿錯了。
2. to subtract a number (= remove it from another number) 減
If you take 8 (away) from 19 you get 11.
19減8得11。
3. to move something or someone from one place to another拿走，帶走
Take your umbrella (with you) when you go out.
外出時記得帶傘。
Take the book up/down to the third floor of the library.
把書拿到圖書館的3層。
4. to accept or have接受，接納；收受
Do they take credit cards here?
他們這兒可以刷信用卡嗎？
Do you take milk in your coffee?
你茶裏要放牛奶嗎？
This container will take (= has room for) six litres.
這種容器容量爲6升。
5. to move in order to hold something in the hand(s)手執，握住，抓住
Can you take this bag while I open the door?
你幫我拿一下包我去開門好嗎？
He took my arm and led me outside.
他拉住我的手臂，領我到了門外。
Take an egg and break it into the bowl.
拿一個雞蛋打在碗裏。
6. to go somewhere with someone, often paying for that person or being responsible for them帶（某人）去（某地）
We're taking the kids to the zoo on Saturday.
星期六我們要帶孩子們去動物園。
7. to travel somewhere by using a particular form of transport or a particular vehicle, route, etc.搭乘（交通工具）
I always take the train - it's less hassle than a car.
我總是乘火車——乘火車比開車省事。
She took the 10.30 flight to Shanghai.
她乘10點半的飛機去了上海。
8. to need要求，需要
Parachuting takes a lot of nerve.
跳傘需要很大的勇氣。
[ + -ing verb ] His story took some believing (= was difficult to believe).
他的故事令人難以置信。
9. If something takes a particular time, that period is needed in order to complete it.花費（時間）
The cooking process only takes 5 minutes.
烹飪過程只需5分鐘。
10. to swallow or use a medicine or drug, especially in a regular way口服，送服（服用一種藥品或毒品，特別是以有規則的方式服用）
Take this medicine two times a day.
這種藥每天服2次。
11. to do or perform從事，進行
She is taking (= studying) biology at university.
她在大學裏讀生物學。
The Archbishop took our service of thanksgiving.
大主教爲我們主持了感恩祈禱儀式。
詞組搭配：
1. take after sb
to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character
（在外貌、性格等方面）與（家庭中某個年紀較大成員）相像
He takes after his mother/his mother's side of the family.
他很像他母親／他母親家的人。
2. take sb aback
to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know how to behave for a short time使（某人）大吃一驚
The news really took us aback.
這消息着實令我們吃了一驚。
3. take sth away
to remove something拿走，移走
Take these chairs away.
把這些椅子拿走。
4. take sth down
to remove something that is on a wall or something that is temporary, or to remove a structure by separating its different parts 拿下；拆掉；拆除
I took the pictures down.
我已經取下了那些畫。
俚語：
1. take your time
said to mean that you can spend as much time as you need in doing something, or that you should slow down
不着急，慢慢來
to do something too slowly
做事磨蹭
The builders are really taking their time.
那些建築工人真會磨蹭。
2. take a walk!
a rude way of telling someone to go away
走開，滾開（讓某人走開的一種不禮貌方式）
The guy kept pestering her, and finally she told him to take a walk.
那傢伙不斷地騷擾她，最後她叫他滾開。
3. take one (thing) at a time
to do or deal with one thing before starting to do or deal with another
（對問題）一個個來處理
There are a few problems, but let's take one thing at a time.
現在有一些問題，不過我們得一個個來處理。
