This skirt needs taking up.

这条裙子需要改短。

Taking up a candlestick, he touched the wick to a lighted taper.

他举起烛台，触摸一根燃着的蜡烛的烛芯。

The high cost of equipment prohibits many people from taking up this sport.

昂贵的装备令许多人对这项运动望而却步。

Increasingly, more winemakers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir.

越来越多的葡萄酒商开始接受种植“黑比诺”葡萄的挑战。

Some students are learning exam skills, others are taking up hobbies to develop themselves.

一些学生在学习考试技巧，而另一些则在培养自己的兴趣爱好。

We're taking up a collection to buy a gift for Jemma.

我们正在募捐给杰玛买礼物。

The position was just taking up too much time, she said.

她说，这个职位占用的时间太多了。

There was so much stuff we never used and that was just taking up space.

有那么多我们从来不用的东西，它们只是在占用空间。

As the tree grows, it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air.

随着树木的生长，它在树干上增加了一层吸收空气中的化学元素而生成的膜。

Psychologist Todd Kashdan has this advice for those people taking up a new passion: "As a newcomer, you also have to tolerate and laugh at your own ignorance."

心理学家托德·卡什丹对那些正在培养新爱好的人有如下建议：“作为一个新人，你还必须容忍和嘲笑自己的无知。”

Business is taking up.

生意正在好起来。

Are big files taking up too much space?

大文件会占用很多空间吗？

It's taking up space and space is money.

这会占用空间并且空间就是钱。

Taking up residence in this - what was it?

开始居住于此——那会是怎样？

Have you ever thought of taking up painting?

你是否想过学习绘画？

Hygroscopic: taking up and retaining moisture.

吸湿性：吸收并保留水分。

Are any particular tasks taking up huge amounts of time?

有没有哪些特定的任务花去了大量的时间呢？

This would be fine if someone else were taking up the slack.

如果其他人能够填补这一空缺，情况会好一点。

Taking up songwriting, he wrote “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

他开始写歌，作品中有一首“兄弟，有没有一毛钱？”

Have I lived to hear you taking up with Sloanishness, Diana Wright?

我是不是听说过你正开始和斯隆小姐交往，戴安娜。赖特？

Some regular tasks are taking up far more of your time than they should.

一些常规工作占据了你比他们原来应该需要的更多的时间。

From time to time, you might think of taking up a new hobby or activity.

时不时，你可能会考虑从事一项新的爱好或者活动。

If you don't want the items, they are taking up space, and space is money.

如果你不想要这些东西，他们就会占用空间、空间就是金钱。

Taking up hobbies, sports and learning new skills even when time is limited.

即使在时间有限的时候，也把它花在业余爱好、体育锻炼和学习新技能上。

"We're not taking up all the bandwidth waiting for acknowledgments," he says.

“我们不占用全部带宽等待应答，”他说。

"Then I'll go without. I don't care what people say!" cried Jo, taking up her book.

“那么我就不戴好了。我不在乎别人怎么说！”乔一边叫一边拿起书来。

Taking up too much of someone's time is almost as bad as ignoring them entirely.

占用一个人太长的时间与完全忽略他们基本上是同样糟糕的。

Midwives complained of hundreds of male competitors taking up this lucrative new trade.

助产婆抱怨大量的男性竞争者挤占了这个赚钱的新行业。

These saturate the thyroid with safe iodine and stop it taking up the radioactive kind.

这些正常的碘会让甲状腺碘元素饱和从而不再吸收那些放射性的碘元素。