1、pick up

拿起；提起；拾起；捡起

He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.

他从地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在头上。

Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.

里德利拿起一支铅笔，不停地在手里摆弄着。

（通常指开车）接载，取走

We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan.

我们第二天早晨开车去机场接苏姗。

She went over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes.

她去了趟父母家取些干净衣服。

（不费力地）获得，学会

Where did you pick up your English?

你在哪儿学的英语？

Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.

年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。

2、wipe out

摧毁;毁灭;使灭绝

The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.

这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝。

The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself.

这人是个狂热分子，决意扫除任何反对其行事作风的声音。