释义：这个短语有好几个意思，比如She took up painting-- 她开始学习绘画。The piano takes up half the living room-- 钢琴占了客厅一半的地方。 Take up也指就某个问题进行讨论。 美国参议院近期将就防止生化恐怖袭击的提案展开讨论. "The Senate is going to take up legislation dealing ...