1. pick up最基本的含義是“拾起;撿起;拿起”?例如:

The Young Pioneer turned over to the police the wallet he had picked up in the street. 那位少先隊員把他在街上拾到的錢包交給了警察?

Having played for a while, the boys picked up their school bags from the ground and went home. 男孩子們玩耍了一陣子之后,便從地上撿起書包回家去了?

She picked up the dictionary and began to look up the new word in it. 她拿起詞典,開始查這個生詞?

2. pick up有“(用車)接(某人);(中途)搭載(乘客)”之意?例如:

Wait here and I’ll pick you up at three o’clock. 在這兒等著,三點鐘我用車來接你?

The bus stopped several times to pick up passengers. 汽車沿途停了好幾次,讓乘客上車?

3. pick up有“(無線電等)收聽到;(雷達等)測知”之意?例如:

I picked up Fujian on the radio last night. 我昨天晚上收聽到了福建廣播電臺?

An intruding enemy plane was picked up by our radar then. 當(dāng)時我方雷達發(fā)現(xiàn)了一架入侵的敵機?

4. pick up有“意外發(fā)現(xiàn);無意中學(xué)到;意外獲得”之意?例如:

Looking through the evening paper last night, I picked up a beautiful poem. 昨晚在瀏覽晚報時,我偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)上面有一首好詩?

While working on the farm, the students picked up a lot of knowledge on agriculture. 在農(nóng)場勞動時,學(xué)生們學(xué)到許多農(nóng)業(yè)方面的知識?

Besides his regular wages, the driver picks up money in tips. 除領(lǐng)取正常工資外,那位司機還可以收到小費?

5. pick up有“使人精神振作;使人恢復(fù)健康”之意?例如:

A good rest picked the tired players up. 好好地休息了一下,這些疲憊的運動員們便精神振作起來?

A bit of exercise will pick the patient up. 稍微運動運動就能使這位病人恢復(fù)健康?

6. pick up有“收拾;整理”之意?例如:

Let’s pick up everything on the floor and get the room tidy before we go out. 我們出去之前,先把地板上的東西收拾干凈,再把房間搞整潔?

The teacher told the students to pick up the books and the exercise books on the desks. 老師叫學(xué)生們把書桌上的課本和練習(xí)本整理好?

7. pick up有“購買;提取”之意?例如:

His wife told him to pick up some picture books for the children on his way back. 他妻子叫他在回家的路上給孩子們買幾本連環(huán)畫書?

He went to the left-luggage office to pick up his bags just now. 他剛才去行李寄存處取回了他的包?

8. pick up有“看到;瞥見”之意?例如:

When we picked up the pagoda in the distance, we knew we were nearing the city. 一看到遠處的寶塔,我們就知道離那個城市不遠了?

Upon picking up the rags, the old man couldn’t help thinking of the bitter life before liberation. 一瞥見那些破衣爛衫,老人就忍不住想起解放前的悲慘生活?

9. pick up有“(跌倒后)重新爬起來”之意?例如:

She fell on the slippery road, but quickly picked herself up. 她滑倒在路上,但馬上又爬了起來?

The mother told her child who had fallen over to pick himself up. 那個母親告訴孩子,跌倒了自己爬起來?

10. pick up有“重提(話題等);繼續(xù)(談)”之意?例如:

He picked up the story where he had left it the day before. 他接著往下講前一天沒有講完的故事?

After the break, she picked up our conversation. 休息后她繼續(xù)和我們談話?

11. pick up有“營救;搶救”之意?例如:

Survivors of the shipwreck were picked up by small boats. 失事船上的幸存者被幾艘小船救了上來?

Although the fire spread through the hospital very quickly, the firemen were able to pick up all the patients. 大火在這家醫(yī)院里迅速蔓延開來,但消防隊員們卻成功地把所有的病人都救了出來?

12. pick up也有“逮住;抓住”之意?例如:

The fleeing culprit was picked up within twenty-four hours. 那名逃犯在二十四小時之內(nèi)就被抓獲了?

The thief was picked up stealing and was taken to the police station. 那個盜賊在作案時被抓住,并被帶到了警察局?

13. pick up也有“聞有(味道);嗅出(氣味)”的意思?例如:

While reading, she suddenly picked up something burning. 她在看書時,突然聞到有什么東西燒著了?

The hound picked up the fox’s smell and started to chase after it. 獵犬嗅出了狐貍的氣味,便開始跟蹤追趕?

14. pick up還有“(天氣)變晴;(產(chǎn)量)上升;(速度)加快”之意?例如:

It looks as though the weather may pick up very soon. 看來天氣很快就要變晴了?

The output picked up again in the following year. 第二年產(chǎn)量又上去了?

About two kilometres out of the station, the train began to pick up speed. 駛出車站大約兩公里之后,火車便開始加快速度?