Then we'll pick up the hippies我們就要接上那幫"非洲難民"

pick up:接人

I am able to pick you up on the short wave radio.

我能用短波收音機(jī)收聽到你的信號。

He picked up the girl at a college disco.

他在學(xué)校的迪斯科舞會上偶然結(jié)識了那姑娘。

Sir! A solid gold plane wouldn't be able to fly.長官，理論上來說純金飛機(jī)是飛不了的

be able to:會； 能

We hoped that we should be able to do that.

我們希望我們能這樣做。

A good lawyer might be able to get you off.

請位好律師有可能使你免受追究。

The rules of physics don't apply to us.有錢能使鬼推磨，還怕什么常規(guī)理論

apply to:適用于； 運用于

You can apply those rules to this case.

你可以把那些規(guī)則運用于這一情況。

We are trying to apply book knowledge to real work.

我們正努力把書本知識運用于實際工作中。