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9.to pick up : (to take-especially with fingers)
【说明：】to pick up （拾起，拣起）尤指用手指把东西拿起业而言。To pick up还有很多 其它的用法。如
①让人搭便车：
The motorist picked up a couple of servicemen along the highway .
（这个乘汽车的人在公路上让两个军人搭乘便车。）
②听会,自然学会，（言语，游戏等）：
He never studied French; what he knows he picked up while living in France.
（他从来没有学过法文；他所知道的是他住在法国的时候听会的。）
③捉住，逮捕，萍水相逢便行订交，选出：
I picked up London last night.
(昨晚我在无线电听到了伦敦的播音。)
【例：】(1) John Picked up the newspaper which was on his desk.
约翰把书桌上的报纸拿了起来。
(2) Why didn’t you pick up that pencil which lay on the floor?
你为什么不把地板上的那枝铅笔拾起来呢？
10.at once: (immediately, very soon, right away)
【说明：】at once （立刻，马上）为一级通用的副词片语，也可以作为同时(simultaneously) 解，如：This book is at once interesting and instructive.（此书既有趣又有益。）
【例：】(1) He asked me to come to his office at once.
他请我立刻就到他的办公室去。
(2) I want you to send this telegram at once.
我希望你马上把这电报发出去。
英语常用短语精解之二
(1)to wait for (2)at last (3)as usual (4)to find out (5)to look at (6)to look for
(7)all right (8)right here (9)little by little (10)tired out (11)to call on
(12)Never mind
1.to wait for : (to expect, await)
【说明：】to wait for （等候，期待）可以说等于await, wait通常都作不及物动词用，如果后面有受词，切不可少用介系词for await为及物动词，后面不可用介系词，但是没有wait普遍。Wait也可用作及物动词，如：
① wait one’s chance或opportunity（等机会）；
② Don’t wait dinner for me.（晚饭不要等我）
【例：】 (1) We will wait for you on the corner of Broadway and 86th Street.
我们将在百老汇及86街转角处等你
(2) We waited for him for more than an hour and finally left.
我们等了他一个多小时，然后才离开。
2.at last : (finally)
【说明：】at last（最后，终于）为一副词片语，与at first意义相反。也可以用at long last, 可是语气较强，而且有点英国味道。
【例：】(1) We waited and waited and at last John arrived.
我们等了又等，后来约翰终于来了。
(2) Has he finished that work at last?
他最后把那工作做完了吗？
3.as usual : (as always, customarily)
【说明：】as usual（照常，照例，仍然）作副词用，其意为as is (was ) usual 和往常一般。usual 是形容词，不可用usually.
【例：】(1) Henry is late for class again as usual.
亨利像平常一样上课又迟到了。
(2) As usual Helen won first prize in the swimming contest.
海伦在游泳比赛中仍然获胜。
4.to find out: (to get information, discover, learn)
【说明：】to find out（得悉，发现，查明）与find略有不同，find out指故意去寻而寻出。
【例：】(1) I was unable to find out the name of the man who called.
我想不出那个打电话来的人的名字。
(2) Will you please try to find out for me what time that train arrives?
能否请你替我查明火车什么时候到达？
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