English Collection

日頃目に付いた覚えたい英単語、慣用句などの表現についてのメモです。

take on

2017年09月05日 | 英語の本を読む
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneを読んでいます。子供向けの本に出てくる易しい単語でも連語は意外と分からないものです。
‘Well, I still say you were lucky, but not many first-years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor five points.’
この "take on" が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: If you take someone on, you fight them or compete against them, especially when they are bigger or more powerful than you are.: Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high.
・Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms: to fight or compete against someone: Later today, the World Cup champions take on Chile. When you take a fighter like that on, you could end up in big trouble.
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