pick up的用法

pick up的意义及用法

我们先来看一题高考试题：

Kathy _____ a lot of Spanish by playing with native boys and girls. [2005, 安徽卷]

A. picked up B. took up C. made up D. turned up

在此题中，take up的意思有“占据（空间等）”、“拿起”、“吸收”等，make up的意思有“编排”、“编造”等，turn up的意思有“出现”、“找到”、“（把声音等）开大”等。而pick up则含有“获得（知识等）”之意。所以该题的答案为A。那么pick up还有哪些含义呢？下面就简要介绍其具体的用法。

1.拾起来，采摘

例：I picked up a coin in the road. 我在路上拾到一枚硬币。

You dropped the plate on the floor; now you can pick it up.

你把盘子扔在地上，现在你能把它拾起来了

2.（车船等“搭载客人；驾车去迎接（某人）；在中途搭载；装载（货物、行李等）

例：Shall I pick you up at the station? 要我开车去车站接你吗？

Don’t forget to pick up the ice-cream on the way home. 回家途中别忘了装冰淇淋。

You can walk or ride the mile or two to the crossroads where the school bus will pick you up.你能步行或骑车走一两英里到十字路口，那里将有校车来接你。

3.（健康、事态、景气等）恢复，使恢复；变好

例：I believe things will pick up soon. 我相信事情会变好的。

高考短语pick up的用法及考题

pick up这个词组以其“短小精悍”而闻名在英语世界中。其常见含义为：

⑴ 拾/捡/拿 起

⑵ 搭载﹙某人﹚； 接﹙某人﹚

⑶ 营救，搭救；

⑷ (非正式地)学会/获得 ⑸

接收, 收听﹙信号、声音、图像、节目等﹚⑹ 加快﹙速度﹚

⑺

用较少的钱﹚买到,便宜地买到

⑻ (身体)逐渐恢复

⑼ (生意/天气/生活等情况) 好转，改进，有起色

⑽ (从故事、谈话、会议等停顿的地方)继续，重新开始

⑾ 跌倒后站(爬)起来 ⑿ 收拾，整理 ⒀ 染上染上(习惯或疾病等)

① He picked up the letter and read it . 他拿起信看了起来 。

① Jack turned over the wallet he had picked up in the street to the police.

杰克把在街上捡到的钱包交给了警察

③ The children have picked up the local dialect. 孩子们都学会了当地方言了。

④ The train stopped several times to pick up passengers.

火车沿途 停了好几次,让乘客上车

⑤ I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railway station. 我真想去火车站接爷爷。

④ The survivors were picked up by fishing boats from nearby village .

⑤ 幸存者被附近村庄的渔船救了起来 。

⑦ The train was gradually picking up speed . 火车正在逐渐加快速度。

⑧ We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction .

Pick up 用法小节

He _________ some French while he was

away on a business trip in Paris.

A. made out B. picked up

C. gave up D. took in

本题主要考查动词词组的用法。 pick up

some French 意为： begin to learn it

without taking lessons or studying.

pick up 这一词组在教材中多次出现，而每次出现的意思也各不相同。为便于同学们掌握它的用法，现将 pick up 的用法小结，供大家参考。

1. pick up ： to take hold of and lift 捡起，拾起，拿起

Mr Black picked up his hat and went out.

布莱克先生拿起帽子走了出去。

2. pick up ： to be able to hear receive 收听，接听

It is necessary to use a short-wave radio to

pick up the programmes. 必须有一台短波收音机才能收听到这些节目

3. pick up ： to collect or gather together

收集

4. pick up ： to buy sth with less money

than usual / abtain sth cheaply无意地(用较少的钱)买到；顺便去买

You can often pick up lots of used stamps

very cheaply. 你经常可以很便宜地买到大量用过的邮票。

5. pick up ： take sb along with one 用（车）来接，可以是到某处去接某人或载货，也可以是中途顺便把人或物带走。

pick up

? 提起；拿起

①拿起；拾起

The phone rang and I picked it up. 电话响了，我接了起来。

I picked up the rubbish and threw it into the trash can. 我把垃圾拾起来，扔进垃圾

桶。 ② (车辆等) 中途搭 (人)；中途带 (货)

I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock. 我四点钟得去学校接

女儿。北师大③– 9

③营救；救起

Twenty men fell into the water and were picked up by other boats. 有20个人落水，

被其他船只上的人救了上来。外研⑥– 6

? 得到

① (偶然地、无意地) 得到；学会 (语言)；买到

pick up bad habits 染上了坏习惯

He picked up a few dollars by doing part-time jobs. 他靠兼职挣了几个钱。

She picked up Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely. 她在日

本的时候学会了日语，现在她日语讲得很流利。

We managed to pick up a few bargains in the market. 我们从市场上买到了几件便宜货。

②接收到

We were able to pick up the BBC World Service. 我们能收听到英国广播公司的国际广播

节目。 ? 取回；收集

I’ll pick up the tickets at lunchtime tomorrow. 我明天午饭时间去取票。

北师大②– 5

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