1、pick up
拿起；提起；拾起；撿起
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.
他從地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在頭上。
Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
里德利拿起一支鉛筆，不停地在手里擺弄著。
（通常指開車）接載，取走
We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan.
我們第二天早晨開車去機場接蘇姍。
She went over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes.
她去了趟父母家取些干凈衣服。
逮捕；拘捕
Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office.
羅林斯已在辦公室遭警察拘捕。
The police picked him up within the hour.
警察不到一小時就將他逮捕了。
（不費力地）獲得，學會
Where did you pick up your English?
你在哪兒學的英語？
Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.
年輕人正在形成毒品有好壞之分的觀念。
2、hold back
（使）猶豫;（使）退縮
The administration had several reasons for holding back.
政府因為幾個原因而猶豫不決。
Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.
憂郁的性格和對男人的不信任使她裹足不前。
阻擋;阻止
Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.
國內(nèi)銷售的停滯不前正阻礙著經(jīng)濟復蘇。
Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
杰克想要醒來，但睡意使他又沉入夢鄉(xiāng)。
抑制住,忍住(眼淚、笑聲等)
She kept trying to hold back her tears.
她一直在試圖抑制住眼淚。
He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter.
他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起來。