“pick up”是英语中高频多义短语,核心含义围绕“使(某物/人)从低处到高处、从分散到集中、从状态差到状态好”的动作或变化,具体意思需结合语境判断。以下是最常见的含义及用法,附例句说明:
指用手或工具将落在地上/低处的物品拿起。
例句:
Please pick up the pen you dropped.(请捡起你掉的钢笔。)
She picked up her coffee cup and took a sip.(她拿起咖啡杯抿了一口。)
指开车/步行去某地接某人(或取某物)。
常用结构:`pick sb/sth up + 地点`
例句:
I’ll pick you up at the airport at 3 pm.(我下午3点去机场接你。)
Can you pick up the dry cleaning on your way home?(你回家路上能去取干洗的衣服吗?)
指无系统学习、通过日常接触自然学会(强调“轻松获得”)。
例句:
He picked up Spanish during his trip to Mexico.(他去墨西哥旅行时学会了西班牙语。)
Kids pick up new technologies much faster than adults.(孩子学新技术比成年人快得多。)
指状态、情况从差变优(如健康、经济、生意等)。
例句:
The economy is finally picking up after years of recession.(经济在多年衰退后终于开始好转。)
Her health picked up once she started exercising.(她开始锻炼后健康状况改善了。)
Sales usually pick up before Christmas.(圣诞节前销量通常会上升。)
指回应电话铃声,拿起听筒。
例句:
I was in the shower when the phone rang—could you pick it up?(电话响时我在洗澡,你能接一下吗?)
He never picks up his work phone after 6 pm.(他下午6点后从不接工作电话。)
指将杂乱的物品归位(如房间、桌面)。
例句:
Can you pick up your toys before bedtime?(睡觉前能把你的玩具收拾好吗?)
The room is a mess—let’s pick it up together.(房间太乱了,我们一起整理吧。)
指不经意间养成(通常指坏习惯)。
例句:
He picked up a smoking habit from his friends.(他从朋友那里染上了抽烟的习惯。)
Don’t pick up bad manners from that kid.(别从那个孩子那里学坏毛病。)
指通过观察、倾听等方式收集到(非正式)。
例句:
I picked up some useful tips from the workshop.(我从 workshop 里学到了一些有用的技巧。)
The police picked up a lead about the missing person.(警方获得了有关失踪人员的线索。)
指在社交场合主动接近某人(含调情意味,口语用法)。
例句:
He tried to pick up a girl at the bar last night.(他昨晚在酒吧试图搭讪一个女孩。)
1、 宾语位置:
若宾语是名词,可放短语中间或后面:`pick up the book` = `pick the book up`(捡起书)。
若宾语是代词(it/them等),必须放中间:`pick it up`(捡起它),不能说`pick up it`。
2、 常见固定搭配:
`pick up speed`:加速(The car picked up speed on the highway. 汽车在高速上加速了。)
`pick up the pieces`:收拾残局(After the divorce, she had to pick up the pieces of her life. 离婚后,她得收拾生活的残局。)
“pick up”的核心是“从低到高、从散到聚、从差到好”的动作或变化,具体意思需结合语境判断。掌握其多义性的关键是看主语和宾语的关系(如“接人”的主语是“人”,宾语是“被接的人”;“学会”的主语是“学习者”,宾语是“技能/语言”)。