1、straight

直的;筆直的

Keep the boat in a straight line.

讓船保持直線航行。

Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size.

用直尺比照著，將布料裁剪成合適的尺寸。

筆直地;徑直地

The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann.

球直接落到了克林斯曼的腳上。

He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me.

他說完話站起來，直視著我。

只涉及兩人(或兩物)的;(選擇)非此即彼的

It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs.

只有兩個選擇：要么是報酬很低的工作，要么就是失業(yè)。

Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight.

雙方都曾在單打比賽中擊敗過對方幾次。

2、take up

開始從事;喜歡上

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并不特別想從事競技體育運(yùn)動。

He left a job in the City to take up farming.

他辭去倫敦商業(yè)區(qū)的工作，開始務(wù)農(nóng)。

開始處理;討論如何處理

Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case.

德加里斯先生的下議員馬克斯·馬登開始著手處理這個問題。

Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue.

能夠提供環(huán)境威脅證據(jù)的大多數(shù)科學(xué)家都有理由認(rèn)為，環(huán)保團(tuán)體不會放過這個問題。

接受，答應(yīng)(提議或挑戰(zhàn))

Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir.

越來越多的釀酒商開始接受種植黑皮諾葡萄的挑戰(zhàn)。

96 per cent of the eligible employees took up the offer.

符合條件的雇員有 96% 接受了這個條件。