take back收回，接回，退回。take down写下，记下；拆下，拆掉。take in收留；包括。take off脱下；起飞；打折扣，扣掉，去掉。take on聘用，雇用。take over接替，接管，继承。take to喜欢；养成习惯，沉溺于；去(某处)。take up开始学习或从事等。
take用法
1.表示“拿去”“带去”等，与bring（拿来）方向相反。如：
Please take the empty cup away and bring me a cup of tea.
请把这个空杯拿走，给我倒杯茶来。
若语义需要，其后可带双宾语；若双宾语易位，用介词to引出间接宾语。如：
Please take him a cup of tea.=Please take a cup of tea to him.
请给他端杯茶去。
有时表示“拿去”可能与方向无关。如：
He took the box to the farm.
他把那个箱子带到了农场。
2.表示“搭乘（交通工具）”，比较下面的同义表达：
他决定乘出租车去火车站。
正：He decided to take a taxi to the railway station.
正：He decided to go to the railway station by taxi.
3.表示“认为”“当作”等，通常与 for, to be, as连用。如：
He took me for my brother.
他错把我当成是我兄弟。
4.表示“花费”，主要用于时间，有也用于人力、人手、劳力、精力、脑力等。如：
The flight will take three hours.
路上要飞3小时。
take例句
1、She was too tired to take a shower
她累得连澡都懒得冲。
2、The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war
经过3个月内战，爱国阵线夺取了政权。
3、Mark often took his books to Bess's house to study
马克常常带着书本去贝丝家学习。
4、She took me to a Mexican restaurant
她带我去了一家墨西哥餐厅。
5、He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Cambridge
他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生，凭自身的才华上了剑桥。