take off短語是學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)英語時經(jīng)常接觸的短語。在高三課本第十六單元的reading部分中，出現(xiàn)了下面的句子。

david's career took off almost immediately when he was part of the manchester united's youth team that won the fa youth cup in 1992.

就在大衛(wèi)作為曼聯(lián)青年隊的成員于1992年贏得英國足球總會青年杯以后，他的事業(yè)幾乎馬上開始騰飛。

為了幫助同學(xué)們更好地掌握take off的用法，總結(jié)如下。

一、脫下(衣裳等)，解(拿)掉——remove(an item of clothing)from one's body

1)he took off his wet shoes.他脫下了浸濕的鞋子。

2)he took off his hat and bowed as he passed.他經(jīng)過時脫帽鞠躬。

二、(指飛機等)起飛--(of an aeroplane，a helicopter，etc)leave the ground and begin to fly

the plane took off despite the fog.盡管有霧，飛機仍照常起飛。

三、(指觀念、產(chǎn)品等)突然大受歡迎；(指產(chǎn)品的銷售量)急增

1)the new dictionary has really taken off.這部新詞典極受歡迎。

2)this was the moment when spielberg's career really took off.這就是斯比爾伯格事業(yè)騰飛的契機。

四、(某段時間)休假、請假、休息--(have the specified period of time)as a holiday or break from work

1)i'm taking the next week off.我下周要休假。

2)when his wife was sick he took off from work.他妻子生病的時候，他休假了。

與take相關(guān)的短語經(jīng)常在高考單選和完型填空部分出現(xiàn)，我們有必要了解和掌握如下短語：

1.take in

1)my aunt was taken in by the business-man's offers of marriage and stupidly gave him much of her money.(=deceive or fool sb.常用于被動語態(tài)，欺騙、蒙蔽)

2)he was homeless，so we took him in.(=allow sb to stay in one's home允許某人寄宿家中)

3)fish take in oxygen through their gills.(=absorb sth into the body by breathing or swallowing it將某物吸入或吞入體內(nèi))

4)i hope you're taking in what i'm saying.(=understand or absorb sth that one hears or reads理解)

2.take over意為“接受、接管”

1)you can drive for the first half of the journey，and then i'll take over.

2)mr.jackson will take over the chairman-ship when the present chairman retires.

3)what is good and still useful should be taken over.this is a truth the young people should bear in mind.

3.take down拿下來，記下來

1)he reached up to the third shelf of the bookcase and took down a dictionary.

2)in class pupils are told to take down notes which the teacher writes on the blackboard