对于pick up这个短语,你肯定很熟悉。它的意思实在是太丰富了。让我们看看在不同语境下,如何理解pick up。
意思1:拾起;抱起 (lift someone or something from the ground)
e.g. He picked up his crying child. 他抱起了他啼哭的孩子。
意思2: (非正规地)学会,学到 (learn something without studying it especially)
e.g. Young children soon pick up words they hear their elders use.孩子们很快就能学会他们经常听到的大人说的话。
意思3:见到;听出,收听到 (catch sight of; discover or receive by ear)
e.g. We picked up the harbour lights as we sailed along.我们向前航行时看见了港口灯塔。
意思4:搭载(take up into a car; give a ride to)
e.g. We’ll send the ambulance to pick him up. 我们要派一辆救护车接他走。
意思5:无意地或偶然地买到,顺便去买(buy sth.,esp. cheaply or luckily)
e.g. Where did you pick up that lovely old vase? 你在哪里买到那只可爱的旧花瓶?
意思6: 染上(疾病或坏习惯)( catch an illnessor a bad habit)
e.g. He has picked up some bad habits at that school. 他在那所学校沾 染了一些坏习惯。
意思7: 整理,收拾 (tidy a room)
e.g. I won’t pick up after you children. 孩子们,我不会替你们整理房间的。
意思8: 加速 (increase speed)
e.g. The train moved slowly from the station, but picked up speed as it reached the open country.
火车在站内走得很慢,但到开阔地段便加速行驶。