take over

verb

1. take up, as of debts or payments

e.g. absorb the costs for something

Synonym: absorb

2. take over ownership of
of corporations and companies

Synonym: buy outbuy up

3. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
take as one's right or possession

e.g. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
he usurped my rights
She seized control of the throne after her husband died

Synonym: assumeusurpseizearrogate

4. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

e.g. I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility

Synonym: bearacceptassume

5. take up and practice as one's own

Synonym: adoptborrowtake up

6. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

e.g. When will the new President assume office?

Synonym: assumeadopttake on

7. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

Synonym: relieve

8. do over

e.g. They would like to take it over again

Synonym: repeat

1. 接收，接管(公司)
If you take over a company, you get control of it, for example by buying its shares.

e.g. A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.
一家英国报纸称，英国航空公司计划接管环球航空公司。

2. (武力)占领，接管，控制
If someone takes over a country or building, they get control of it by force, for example with the help of the army.

take over的近义词

e.g. The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate...
比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。
e.g. The parliament in Madrid was taken over by civil guards.
马德里议会大厦被国民警卫队接管了。

3. 接替;接任;接手
If you take over a job or role or if you take over, you become responsible for the job after someone else has stopped doing it.

e.g. His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres...
他的遗孀已接手管理他创下的帝国，其中包括 6 家伦敦剧院。
e.g. In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor...
1966 年，帕斯特·艾伯茨接替他担任主管市长。

4. 取代;代替;占上风
If one thing takes over from something else, it becomes more important, successful, or powerful than the other thing, and eventually replaces it.

take over在线翻译

e.g. Cars gradually took over from horses...
汽车逐渐替代了马匹。
e.g. When the final vote came, rationality took over.
最后一轮投票时，理性占了上风。

5. see also: takeover

1. take over的反义词

1. 接管：在经济学中,兼并可泛指一切能够导致企业相结合或者相关联的行为,如公司新设合并(Consolidation)、吸收合并(Merger)、收购(Acquisition)、接管(Take Over)等,故人们有时亦称其为企业并购(Mergers and Acquisitions).