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take on(?)

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take on (?)

1. PHRASAL VERB
If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it.
    No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job.

2. PHRASAL VERB : no passive
If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality.
    Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.

3. PHRASAL VERB
If a vehicle such as a bus or ship takes on passengers, goods, or fuel, it stops in order to allow them to get on or to be loaded on.
    This is a brief stop to take on passengers and water.

4. PHRASAL VERB
If you take someone on, you employ them to do a job.
    He's spoken to a publishing firm. They're going to take him on.
    The party has been taking on staff, including temporary organisers.

5. PHRASAL VERB : no passive
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.
    I knew I couldn't take him on.

6. PHRASAL VERB : no passive
If you take something on or upon yourself, you decide to do it without asking anyone for permission or approval.
    Knox had taken it on himself to choose the wine.
    He took upon himself the responsibility for protecting her.

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제 답변입니다.

take on을 사전에는  PHRASAL VERB로 규정하고 있지만 나는 take와 on을 분리하여 별개의 요소로 봅니다. 수 백년간 내려온 영어문법의 전통을 단숨에 깨뜨린 것이 2진법영어구문이론입니다.  이러한 방식에 따라 위 예문을 분석해 봅니다.

1. [「⑥] No other organisation was able or willing [/to take 「on //the job].
->③ The job /was taken /on.
->① The job / was on.  =① The job was accepted.

2. 「⑥ Believing he had only a year to live,  his writing /took 「on // a feverish intensity.
->③ A feverish intensity /was taken /on.
->① A feverish intensity / was on.  =① A feverish intensity was developed.

3. (「⑥ )  This is a brief stop (/to take 「on // passengers and water).
->③ Passengers and water / are taken /on.
->① Passengers and water / are on.  =① Passengers and water was loaded.

4. ⑤ He's spoken to a publishing firm. They're going [/to take // him /on].
->③ He / is taken /on.
->① He / is on. =① He is employed.

「⑥ The party /has been taking 「on // staff, including temporary organisers.
->③ Staff / has been taken /on.
->① Staff / has been on. =① Staff / has been employed.

5.[「⑥] Democrats were reluctant [/to take 「on //a president (whose popularity ratings were historically high)].
->③ A president / was taken /on.
->① A president / was on. = ① A president / was fought against.

[⑤] I knew [I /couldn't take // him /on].
->③ He / couldn't be taken /on.
->① He / couldn't be on. = ① He / couldn't be fought against.

6.⑤ Knox / had taken // it /on himself [to choose the wine].
->③ It / had been taken / on himself [to choose the wine].
->① It / had been on himself [to choose the wine].
= ② He / had decided // [to choose the wine]

「⑥ He / took 「upon himself // the responsibility for [protecting her].
->③ The responsibility for [protecting her] / was taken / upon himself.
->① The responsibility for [protecting her] / was on himself.
= ② He / took // the responsibility for [protecting her].