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。
（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、hold back
（使）犹豫;（使）退缩
The administration had several reasons for holding back.
政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。
Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.
忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。
阻挡;阻止
Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.
国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。
Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。
抑制住,忍住(眼泪、笑声等)
She kept trying to hold back her tears.
她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。
He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter.
他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。