take over

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
    — Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.
  2. To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
    — He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.
  3. To relieve someone temporarily.
    — My husband is taking over the accounts department during the holiday period, while the chief accountant is away.
  4. To buy out the ownership of a business.
    — Acme Motors is to take Jetcar Industries over this week, if all goes as planned.
  5. To appropriate something without permission.
  6. To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
    — Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world.
  7. To become more successful than (someone or something else). intransitive,transitive
    — Buzz Lightyear has taken over Woody as the most popular children's toy.
  8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.
    — He took the car over to the garage.

词形变化

takes over present,singular,third-person taking over participle,present took over past taken over participle,past
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