学习英文的过程中,常常会遇到一字多义、甚至一个片语有不同用法的状况,这种类型的问题各大考试最喜欢出啦,快跟着今天的FUNDAY部落格来看看,光是一个"pick up"可以有几种完全不同的意思吧。
Clean up your room! Pick up your clothes! (整理好房间!衣服都捡起来!)
➤ pick当动词用时有捡拾的意思,所以pick up sth可以指把某物捡起来、抱起来、举起来。
I tried his home number, but he didn’t pick up. (我打电话给他但他没接。)
➤ 此句的pick up等于answer the phone,也就是接电话的意思
He said he picked the woman up in a bar. (他说他在酒吧搭讪了那个女人。)
➤ 这句的用法较非正式,但在口语上非常实用,就是指搭讪、调情。
Are you going to pick up the children after school? (你要去接孩子放学吗?)
➤ 中文里说的去「接」某人,英文可用pick up来表达。
Could you pick up my suit from the cleaner’s for me, please? (你可以帮我去洗衣店拿西装吗?拜托。)