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。
逮捕;拘捕
Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office.
罗林斯已在办公室遭警察拘捕。
The police picked him up within the hour.
警察不到一小时就将他逮捕了。
2、determine
是…的决定因素
The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time.
鸡块的大小将决定烹饪时间的长短。
Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。
确定;查明
The investigation will determine what really happened.
调查会查明到底发生了什么事情。
Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans.
需要进行检测以确定其对人的长期影响。
决定;敲定
The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future.
波罗的海各国人民有权决定自己的未来。
The final wording had not yet been determined..
最终措辞仍未敲定。