pickup是什么意思 pick up 的意思有十几种你相信吗一、作用对象是物

1、从 pick up 的字面上可以看出，它最基本的意思是”拿起；提起；拾起；捡起“，通常是用手，例如：

Would you please pick up that book from off the floor?

请你把地板上的那本书捡起来好吗？

Don't go picking these boxes up if your back is injured.

如果你深圳生活网的背受伤了，不要去捡这些箱子。

注意：pick up 作用的对象也可以是人，但是翻译的时候不能说：拿起或是捡起某个人。

2、意为“买”，特别是偶然的机会买到便宜的东西，例如：

Let's pick up a couple of magazines for the train ride.

我们买几本杂志乘火车去吧。

I picked this coat up at the sale.

我在大减价时买的这件外套。

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

我们从拍卖场买到了几件便宜货。

3、意为“感染；得到”，例如：

I think I picked up Tommy's cold.

我想我是感染了汤米的感冒。

Qualified specialists can pick up over $100 an hour.

有资格的专家每小时能得到超过100美元的报酬。

4、意为“察觉；发现；注意到”，例如：

We picked up a signal that appears to be coming from Saturn!

我们发现了一个似乎来自土星的信号！

We can pick up the motorway in a few miles.

经过几英里以后我们就能发现高速公路。

5、意为“恢复原状，回到 本题”，例如：

After I came back from London, we picked things up again as if I had never left.

我从伦敦回来后，我们把所有的东西恢复原状，好像我从未离开过似的。

He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book.

在该书的后几章，他又重回到你要做什么， 例如：

I went to pick up the phone, but it had stopped ringing.

我去接电话，但它不再响了。

2、意为”改善，改强，好转“，例如：

The film was pretty boring initially, but it picked up in the second half.

这部电影一开始很无聊，但在下半场就开始上映了。

It was a rough year, but things have been picking up lately.

这是艰难的一年，但最近情况有所好转。

Trade usually picks up in the spring.

贸易一般在春天回升。

The wind is picking up now.

现在风愈刮愈大了。

Sales have picked up 14% this year.

今年销售额增长了14%。

可以延伸表示加速时，后面可以接 speed， 例如：

The plane picked up speed.

飞机加速了。

The truck picked up speed slowly.

卡车慢慢加速。

3、意为” 为某人收拾，整理“，通常后面跟 after，例如：

I'm sick of picking up after you!

我受够了深圳生活网替你收拾！

All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.

烧饭、洗衣、跟在孩子屁股后头收拾东西——好像这就是我全部的活儿。

四、pick up on

1、 意为“领略；意会；意识到”，例如：

Only one newspaper picked up on the contradictions in the statement.

只有一家报纸注意到了声明中的矛盾之处。

2、意为“回到；重提”，通常是问题或要点，例如：

If I could just pick up on a question you raised earlier.

请允许我重提一下您早先提出的问题。

Can I just pick up on your first point again, please?

我能再说一遍你第一次的要点吗？

3、pick sb up on 意为“提到某人的错误；挑毛病；算旧账“，例如：

His teacher picked him up on his pronunciation.

他的老师提到了他的错误的发音。

I knew he would pick me up on that slip sooner or later.

我知道他迟早会提起我那个小过失的。