took to

He took to drink shortly after his wife died.

妻子去世后不久他就酗起酒来。

He took to the airwaves and streets, taunting his opponents, blaming outside influence, and promising swift retribution.

他控制广播电视和街道，嘲讽对手，谴责外部施加的影响，承诺迅速惩戒犯罪分子。

Despite shyness that he never overcame, he was a natural singer and dancer, and took to the frontman role with relish.

虽然迈克尔一辈子也没能克服腼腆的性格，但他在歌舞方面实在是天赋异禀，并顺理成章地当上了主场。

The despot set fire to his house beforehe took to flight. = The despot set his house on fire before he took to flight.

恶霸逃跑前，放火烧了自己的房子。

When he learned of eht usefulness of foreign languages, he took to studying English with great zeal.

当他知道外语的用处后，就开始以极大的热情学习英语。

That day he found two sacks, which he took to the rambling wooden factory and sold to the man in charge of packing nails.

那天，他找了两条麻袋，拿到杂乱的木材厂，卖给为钉子装袋的人。

A small voluble figure, he preferred the spoken to the written word, and he took to television as a duck to water.

这位身材矮小的健谈者，更喜欢说而不喜欢写，面对电视仿佛如鱼得水。

He took to drinking heavily whenever he booked out for the weekend .

每当他登记周末处出时就喝得酩酊大醉。

madame defarge poured it out for him , took to her knitting again , and hummed a little song over it.

德伐日太太给他斟了酒，又开始打起毛线来，嘴里哼着小曲儿。

When he knew the usefulness of foreign languages, he took to studying English with great zeal.

当他知道外语的作用后，便开始以极大的热情学习英语。

He passed a night of grisly dreams, waking once, chilled to the heart with what he took to be a cold sweat.

这一夜他恶梦频仍，还醒了一次，觉得奇寒彻骨，自以为是出了一身冷汗。

Within a week Gerald took to spending his whole day with Bertha, and she found the London season much more amusing than she had expected.

不出一个星期，杰拉尔德便开始整天和伯莎泡在一起，而伯莎则发现伦敦的季节比她所期望的更为悦人。

No little girl wants to hear about the Wilder men her mother took to her bed, using them till they were spent, then killing them.

没有一个小女孩会希望听到她的妈妈如何带一位又一位的陌生男人回家，他们上床，吸乾他们的精华，然后杀了他们。

The Chilean flamingos had been feeding on a dried lakebed nearby when part of the flock took to the sky and circled overhead.

当一部分火烈鸟翱翔天空并在上空盘旋时，另外一些在附近干涸的湖边觅食。

He's been writing this book for about 20 years, including the two years it took to put his notes on computer when he got his first PC.

他写这本书已经用了大概20年时间了，其中包括他有了自己的第一台电脑后把所有笔记录入电脑的那两年。

After the Master attained Enlightenment, he took to living simply -- because he found simple living to his taste.

在大师开悟之后，他开始喜欢过简朴的生活——因为他发现简朴的生活正合他的口味。

That was the mark of the Don's humanity. He knew from bitter experience what courage it took to ask a favor from a fellow man.

他从自己辛酸的经历中体会到：大家同样是人，要一个人央求另一个人办一件事，这可需要多大的勇气啊。

Sam is really a natural programmer. He took to programming like a duck to water even before he graduated from elementary school.

萨姆真是天生程序员的料，他甚至在小学没毕业以前编起程序来就如鱼得水。

The marches have begun again: on May 1st, up to a million people across the country took to the streets, by no means all of them Hispanic.

抗议游行活动已经开始：在5月1日，全国多达100万的民众走上街头，绝非他们所有的人都是西班牙裔。

24 And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to himself his wife.

太一24约瑟从睡中醒来，就遵著主使者的吩咐，把他的妻子娶过来，