take up the challenge

基本解释

He refused to take up the challenge that was offered.
他不愿意迎接别人向他提出的挑战。
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China will join in WTO A few days. It is a new subject for Chinese Silk how to apply to the new situation and take up the challenge to WTO.
中国加入WTO已指日可待，中国蚕丝业如何适应新形势、迎接WTO的挑战，是一个新的课题。
It will be worse if the Spanish people do not take up the challenge of transforming Spain, he says, by which he means bringing its colossal welfare state under control.
如果西班牙人民不去挑战改变西班牙，那么情况会变的更糟，他说道，而他的意思是把它的臃肿的福利体系带入正轨。

If the largest companies do take up the challenge, it will be a giant leap towards restoring investor confidence and trust in the markets.
FORBES: Magazine Article
His successor should not be a visionary: he ought rather to be able to run a complex bureaucracy and take up the challenge of reconnecting the European project to ordinary people.
ECONOMIST: European Commission