1、sanction

(正式)认可，准许，批准

He may now be ready to sanction the use of force.

他现在可能打算批准使用武力。

He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.

他似乎正准备批准增加公共贷款。

(对某国的)制裁

In 1935 the League of Nations imposed sanctions against Italy following its invasion of Ethiopia.

1935 年国际联盟在意大利入侵埃塞俄比亚之后对其实施了制裁。

He expressed his opposition to the lifting of sanctions.

他对解除制裁表示反对。

处罚;制裁;惩罚

As an ultimate sanction, they can sell their shares.

作为最高的处罚，他们可以出售他们的股份。

2、take up

开始从事;喜欢上

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。

He left a job in the City to take up farming.

他辞去伦敦商业区的工作，开始务农。

开始处理;讨论如何处理

Mr de Garis's MP, Max Madden, took up the case.

德加里斯先生的下议员马克斯·马登开始着手处理这个问题。

Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue.

能够提供环境威胁证据的大多数科学家都有理由认为，环保团体不会放过这个问题。

接受，答应(提议或挑战)

Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir.

越来越多的酿酒商开始接受种植黑皮诺葡萄的挑战。

96 percent of the eligible employees took up the offer.

符合条件的雇员有 96% 接受了这个条件。