| 词组 | take away |
| 释义 | take away 1. take away sth • take sth away to remove something from where it is: ▪ Have you finished with the cookies? Shall I take them away? ▪ Cans and glass bottles are put into separate bins so that they can be taken away for recycling. + from ▪ She took her hands away from her eyes and looked again. ■ SIMILAR TO: remove 2. take away sth • take sth away to remove something that someone needs or wants, so that they do not have it any more: ▪ Building a new shopping mall would take away one of the last remaining green spaces in the area. ▪ We pray for those who have been wrongly imprisoned, and have had their freedom taken away. + from ▪ By cutting pensions, the government is taking money away from those who need it most. 3. take away sb • take sb away if someone takes you away, they force you to go somewhere with them when you do not want to go: ▪ The police came in the middle of the night and took him away. ▪ All the men in the village were killed, and the women and children were taken away. 4. take sb away to take someone with you when you go to stay in another place: ▪ I'm taking the kids away for a few days. 5. take away sth • take sth away to make a feeling or taste disappear: ▪ Joe took the medicine, then drank some orange juice to take the taste away. ▪ The nurse gave him something to take away the pain. 6. take away sth • take sth away if you take one number away from a second one, you reduce the second one by that number: ▪ 253 take away 30 is 223. +from ▪ Take $40 away from the total. ■ SIMILAR TO: subtract 7. take away sb • take sb away if something takes you away from a place or activity, it stops you from being in that place or doing that activity +from ▪ My Dad's job took him away from home a lot, and he was hardly ever there while we were growing up. ▪ All this paperwork is taking teachers away from what they should be doing - teaching the children. 8. take away sth • take sth away to learn something from an experience, and to remember what you have learnt so that it helps you in the future: ▪ I was not a very successful student, but one thing I did take away from my time at university was a great love of English literature. ▪ When a relationship breaks up, think about what you have learned about yourself, and take this away with you. 9. to take away BrE if you buy food in a restaurant to take away, you buy it to eat somewhere else: ▪ Two burgers and two teas to take away, please. ■ SIMILAR TO: to go AmE takeaway n C BrE a hot meal that you buy in a shop or restaurant and eat somewhere else: ▪ I can't be bothered to cook - let's get a takeaway. takeaway n C BrE a shop that sells hot food that you take and eat somewhere else: ▪ I'm going to the Chinese takeaway - d'you want anything? 10. take it away! spoken used to tell a group of performers, especially musicians, to start performing: ▪ And now our final number from the Delta Jazz Quartet! Take it away, boys! |
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