He had something to take up with the president . 他有事要同總統商量。
Her time is fully taken up with writing . 她的時間都用于寫作了。
She has taken up with an unemployed actor . 她跟一個失業的男演員混得很熟了。
She is very taken up with voluntary work at the moment . 她目前大部分時間和精力都用在志愿工作上了。
Our son has taken up with the boys round the corner . 我們的兒子已經跟拐角那兒的男孩子們交上朋友了。
You keep taking up with one impossible fellow one after another . 你總一個接一個地跟一些莫名其妙的男人往來。
Whenever she asked after him, the answer was, he was away from home, or he was quite taken up with business . 每次問起他的時候,聽到的回答總是,他不在家,或者他事情很忙。
Her time was always taken up with homework, work in the warehouse at the back of the shop, or church in one form or another . 她把大部分時間都用來做作業,到商店后面的倉庫幫助干活,或到教堂參加各種活動。
Our minds are taken up with far more mundane things 我們的頭腦充滿了現實的問題。
My time was fully taken up with reading those papers 我的時間全用在閱讀那批文件上了。