take care of许多人都知道是是“照料、照顾”的意思，其实这个短语还有“负责、处理、对付、打、杀死”，后接“处理、清除、伤害的对象”等用法。这些多种用法写到作文里妥妥的加分项。
1.照料、照顾、照管、看管、管理（ 照看小孩、老人、病人、家庭或物品等）相当于look after
Taking care of a baby is hard work.
照看婴儿是件苦差。
She used to take care of me when I was a baby
我还在襁褓中时，她曾经照顾过我。
He's well able to take care of himself.
他完全能够自理。
It does my heart good to see the old place being taken care of so well.
看到故居被照管得这么好，真叫人高兴。
When my parents were away, my grandmother would take care of me.
我父母外出的时候，总是祖母照看我。
Care was taken of the children by him.
由他照管孩子们。
The children were taken care of by him,
孩子们由他照管。
The mother tiger took care of her baby.
母虎照顾幼虎。
You have to learn to take care of your possessions.
你得学会保管好自己的财物。
About 1,200 personnel will remain behind to take care of the air base.
大约会有1,200人留守看管这个空军基地。
Take care of yourself while you are pregnant. 怀孕期间要照顾好自己。
We need to take care of our bodies.
我们需要注意身体。
I'll take great care of it
我会加倍爱惜它的。
You have to learn to take care of your possessions.
你得学会保管好自己的财物。
She sacrificed a promising career to take care of her family.
她为了照顾家庭而牺牲了很有前途的事业。
She helped take care of his aged grandmother.
她帮助照料他年迈的祖母。
She has to take care of her adoptive mother.
她必须照顾养母。
The firm has more clients than it can take care of.
这家商行的主顾多得应接不暇。
See that you take care of him
一定要照顾好他。
Between working full-time and taking care of the kids, he didn't have much time for hobbies.
他一边全职工作一边又要照顾孩子，所以抽不出很多时间搞业余爱好。
He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me
他既不会有时间也不会有钱来照顾我。
Promise me you'll take very special care of yourself
答应我，你会特别小心照顾好自己。
Take care of yourself.
你多保重。
2.负责，相当于 take the responsibility for
You take care of paying a bill.
你负责付账单。
I'll take care of that side of things.
事情的那方面由我来处理。
Will you take care of buying the wine foe tonight’s party?
你负责买今晚晚会用酒，好吗？
As for food for the party, that's all being taken care of.
关于聚会要用的食物，都在置办当中。
You buy the drinks for the party, I’ll take care of the food.
你買好舞會的飲料，我負責食物。
3.对付、解决、处理，相当于deal with
They can take care of their own breakfast.
他们能够自己解决早饭问题。
Can he take care of this problem?
他能处理这个问题吗？
They leave it to the system to try and take care of the problem
他们让系统去设法解决这个问题。
I can take care of your kind.
我能对付像你这样的家伙。
You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine
你管好你的事，孩子，我会管好我的。
We’ll take care of the financial difficulties you may have.
我们负责处理你可能遇到的经费问题。
4.打，杀死，相当于beat\ kill
The robbers had to take care of the guards before they could take the money.
强盗们得先干掉那几个警卫人员，他们才能把钱抢到手。
A rascal sent his boys to take care of the poor fellow.
一个坏家伙指使他的年轻伙伴修理那个不幸的人。
