动 take，get，（得到； 招致） aim at，seek；名 （姓氏） a surname，adopt ；

[例句] 取120个值计算平均数。 Take a hundred and twenty values and calculate the mean.

[例句] 就像歌里唱的那样，两者密不可分，不能只取其一。 You can't have one without the other, as the song says.

cancel，call off，abolish，remove，abrogate ；

[例句] 他太累了，不得不取消一些约会。 He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.

[例句] 所有飞往兰州的航班都已取消，何时恢复另行通知。 All flights to Lanchow had been cancelled until further notice.

draw，pick up，extract，abstract，distill ；

[例句] 让我们提取一下独木舟上的指纹，看看能不能有什么发现。 Let's fingerprint the canoe, see if we come up with anything.

[例句] 公司不能从银行账户中提取现金。 Companies could not draw money from bank accounts as cash.

acquire，gain，obtain，fetch，procure ；

[例句] 虽然这是一场艰苦的斗争，但我相信我们会取得胜利。 It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.

[例句] 昨天在华盛顿举行的中东和谈有了取得进展的迹象。 Middle East peace talks in Washington showed signs of progress yesterday.

sample，sampling ；

[半] orientation，tropism ；

[例句] 你不应对别人以及他们不同的性取向品头论足。 You should not be judgemental about people and their differing sexualities.

[例句] 他认为他的性取向令他一直备受歧视。 He believes he has been discriminated against because of his sexuality.

[化] extract，extraction，leach ；

[例句] 这种蜡质属于乙醇有机溶剂的萃取物. The waxes are classed as alcohol or organic solvent extracted materials.

[例句] 这种萃取改变了整个毛纤维中所有细胞膜的网状结构. Such extraction modifies the whole cell - membrance network throughout the wool fiber.

[计] access ；

[例句] 活期账户让存款人能随时存取款项. The current account offers savers instant access to funds.

[例句] 这种总统提供用于存取信息的完整而简捷的信号. This bus provides clean , concise signals for fetching and storing information.

enroll，recruit，enter，admit to，matriculate ；

[例句] 他被艺术学校录取了。 He succeeded in getting a place at art school.

[例句] 录取新生已经发榜. The list of students to be admitted has been published.

absorb，assimilate，take a photograph of，shoot，incept ；

[例句] 为确保孩子充分摄取营养，通常推荐使用维生素滴剂。 To make sure the children are well-nourished, vitamin drops are usually recommended.

[例句] 我不要糖，谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。 No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories .

get out，take out，break out，extraction，pop ；

[例句] 她伸手又从衣橱里取出一件运动服。 She reached into the wardrobe and extracted another tracksuit.

[例句] 我从餐具柜里取出一瓶自己收藏的最好的麦芽威士忌。 I got a bottle of my best malt out of the sideboard.

select，choose ；

[例句] 随便选取一段对该乐队的访谈都能发现令人深思、犀利精辟的言论. Any trawl through the band's interviews will reveal statements that are challenging and incisive.

[例句] 每个星期布柴齐医生都会选取一位听众的问题，给予详细回答。 Each week Dr Buczacki chooses a listener's question and gives a detailed answer.

ridicule，make fun of，poke fun at，guy，jest with ；

[例句] 游客们偷偷地取笑当地人落伍的做法和衣着。 The tourists snigger at the locals' outdated ways and dress.

[例句] 她不再取笑他，只是朝他咧着嘴笑。 She gave over teasing and grinned at him.

capture，take by force，strive for，court，bear away ；

[例句] 他可能已经失去了夺取奥运会金牌的最后机会。 He has probably said goodbye to his last chance of Olympic gold.

[例句] 他的志向是在1996年亚特兰大奥运会上夺取金牌。 His ambition was to win gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

squeeze，extort，extract，milk，rack ；

[例句] 他们要最大限度地榨取英国人的财富。 They mean to bleed the British to the utmost.

[例句] 果汁是通过离心力榨取的。 The juice is extracted by centrifugal force.

adopt，take ；

[例句] 这次我们确实可以采取行动了。 By golly we can do something about it this time.

[例句] 现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。 Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.

outlaw，ban，prohibit，forbid，clamp down ；

[例句] 杂志被无端取缔了。 No reason was given for the banning of the magazine.

[例句] 英国的健康专家正努力争取取缔任何形式的香烟广告。 Britain's health experts are pushing for a ban on all cigarette advertising.

（吸收采取） absorb，draw，suck up，assimilate，extract ；

[例句] 我深信他已从错误中吸取了教训。 I am convinced that he has learned from his mistakes.

[例句] 公司未能从这次经历中吸取任何教训。 The company failed to learn any lessons from this experience.

strive for，fight for，endeavour to，win over，shoot for ；

[例句] 成功无法保证，并非唾手可得。成功必须靠自己去争取。 Success is not guaranteed. It is not handed to you. Success is earned.

[例句] 我们应该为得到自己想要的而不择手段，奋力争取。 We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want.

warm oneself (by a fire, etc.) ；

[例句] 我们围坐在火边取暖。 We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm.

[例句] 她在人行道上跺着双脚取暖。 She stamped her feet on the pavement to keep out the cold.