1.to start to control something successfully, especially something that has previously been controlled by somebody else
1.If you are still unable to come out of stress, turn to the counselor who can help you to take control of your life and to live positively.
如果你仍然无法走出出压力，找个可以帮助你的顾问谈谈，他可以帮助你掌握你的人生和教你积极生活的态度。
2.Qaddafi loyalists put up a fierce firefight for a time, but rebels were able to take control of the compound by this afternoon.
卡扎菲的支持者进行了一段时间激烈的交火，但是到今天下午叛军已经占领了军营。
3.Constraints take control away from you: by dictating, by forcing you to think and work a certain way, by limiting your options.
通过指引，通过强迫你用特定的方式思考和工作，通过限制你的选择，约束夺走你的控制权。
4.I rave about this book because it did a lot to help me take control of my own personal finances.
我大力推荐这本书，因为它给我对控制自己的财务状况带来很大帮助。
5.it will always arise no matter how much you try to take control or organize the things in your life.
它也常常在你绞尽脑汁控制局面或是作出安排时出现。
6.They remain manned at all times by a trained driver ready to take control as well as by a software expert.
他们保留了汽车一直以来由训练有素司机操作的人工驾驶系统，同时，该车还可以由软件工程师来操纵。
7.If Communist parties grew in Italy and France, they at least did not take control, and these nations remained oriented towards the West.
虽然共产党继续在意大利和法国发展，但至少未能掌权，这些国家继续倾向于西方。
8.If your dream lover is the boss, your unconscious might be telling you to take control at work or in some other area of your life.
如果你的梦中情人是你的上司，那么这时的潜意识可能在暗示你，在工作中或生活中的其他方面应更为主动一些。
9.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Iraqi forces will be able to take control of security around the country within a year-and-a-half.
伊拉克总理马利基表示，伊拉克军队将能在一年半的时间里控制全国的安全。
10.Pakistan is not able to take control of its own territory (FAT), China has no problem to grab some more from Pak; a perfect marriage.
巴基斯坦不能控制所有的领土（FAT=领土分配计划），而中国要从巴基斯坦夺取更多的土地也不在话下。真是天生的一对。