每天三分钟学英语 第223期:Pick up a girl不是"捡个女孩"的意思哦
Pick up的常用表达：
1、买东西
Hector's picking up lunch for everyone. Make sure you tell him what you want.
Hector在给大家买午餐。记得要告诉他你们想要的东西。
Shoot! I forgot the salad dressing. I'll need to go back and pick up a bottle.
哎呀！我忘记买沙拉调料了。我得回去买一瓶。
*句中的 shoot 就是脏话 shit 的文明版说法。
*salad dressing = 沙拉调料
2、接电话
Are you going to pick up the phone? It's ringing.
你要去接电话吗？电话响了。
Carey won't pick up or return my texts. I don't know what she's doing.
Carey不会接我电话，也不会回复我信息。我不知道她现在在做什么。
3、接某人
I'm on my way to the airport. I got to pick up Jeremy. He's back from Scotland today.
我正在去机场的路上。我得去接Jeremy。他今天从苏格兰回来。
Thanks, but I already have a ride. My friend's picking me up. She should be here soon.
谢谢，不过已经有人来接我了。我朋友正开车过来接我。她应该很快就到了。
4、继续
Shall we pick up where we left off last time?
我们从上次结束的地方继续怎么样？
*where we left off 上次结束的地方
We ran out of time today so the professor will pick up the lecture on Friday.
今天我们时间不够了，所以教授会在周五继续讲今天的课程。
5、搭讪，跟陌生异性调情
Come on, I need you to help me distract her friend while I try to pick her up.
快来，我需要你帮我引开她朋友，我去跟她搭讪。
He picked up a girl from a bar.
他在一个酒吧里搭上了一个女孩。
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