在高三课本第十四单元Zoology中有这样两句话：

1.To find out whether his assumption² was correct，he set up two feeding places.

为了查明他的假设是否正确，他建立了两个喂食点。

2.Next，Von Frisch and his colleagues³ set up a feeding place close to the hive⁴.

随后，冯·弗里希和他的同事们把喂食点设立在靠近蜂箱点地方。

受此启发，总结含up动词短语如下，以飨读者。(注意：要想能够正确使用这些词组，运用自如，必须注意每个词组的多义现象并记准它的含义)

1.calup召集，征召(入伍)；想起，回忆起；给……打电话

1)He was called up and left school last year.

去年他就应征入伍离开学校了。

2)The sweet singing called up happy memories of the old woman's childhood.

甜美的歌声唤起了老太太对童年的美好回忆。

3)Don't call anyone up during the night.It's bad manners⁵.

不要在晚上给人打电话。不礼貌。

2.doup收拾，修理，打扮(漂漂亮亮)，包，扎，扣

1)I'll do up your bicycle in no time at all.

我立刻给你修自行车。

2)His coat was done up.It looked better.

他的大衣熨过了，看起来好多了。

3)Do up your buttons.

把扣子都系上。

4)Do up your hair，it's all loose.

头发都散了，扎上。

3.give up放弃，不再做

1)Then he remembered that he had given up smoking⁶.

这时他记起他已戒烟。

2)She gave up her job to look after her mother.

她放弃了工作来照顾妈妈。

4.hold up举起，承受……的重量，坚持(顶住)，使不能行驶(前进)

1)The chair was too weak to hold up such a fat man.

椅子不结实承受不了这么胖的人。

2)We were held up for 5 minutes in a traffic jam.

在交通阻塞中我们被耽搁了五分钟。

3)Thick fog held up a number of trains.

浓雾使许多火车停止不动。

5.keep up坚持，使斗志不低落，继续，维持

1)Keep up！Then you will succeed.

坚持！你一定能成功。

2)Keep up your spirits.

保持斗志不要低落。

3)It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone only saying “Yes” and “No”.

与只说“是”和“不”的人继续谈话很难。

4)I had to run to keep up with the girls.

我得跑以跟上女孩子们不落后。

6.make up构成，编造，和好，弥补，化装，配制

1)Twelve girls make up the performance team.

十二个女孩组成这个演出队。

2)He made up a wonderful story to explain his absence.

他编了一个精彩的故事以解释他的迟到。

3)Mary and Joan quarreled，but made up after a while.

玛丽和琼吵架了，但一会就和好了。

4)He made up another bottle of medicine.

他配制了另一瓶药。

5)The actors were making up when we arrived.

当我们到达的时候，演员们正在化装。

6)Vitamin pills make up what you lack in your diet.

维生素丸能弥补你饮食中所缺的东西。

7.pick up拾起，接(某人)上车，染上，学到，挣(工资)，整理，(情况)好转

1)You dropped the plate on the floor;now you can pick it up.

你把盘子掉在地上，现在你把它拣起来。

2)Where did you pick up the cold？

你在那儿感染上了感冒？

3)He picked up English while he was studying in London.

他在伦敦学习期间，学的英语。

4)The driver stopped to pick up a hitch-hiker.

司机停下来让一个人免费搭车。

5)The waiters are said to pick up a fair amount in tips.

据说服务生能赚得数量相当可观的小费。

6)Business is beginning to pick up this month.

本月生意开始回升。

8.put up举手，修建，张贴，留……住宿

1)He put up his hand to catch the ball.

他举起手去接球。

2)The houses were put up in 1976.

这些房子是1976年修建的。

3)We put up for the night at a farmhouse⁷.

我们在一农舍过夜。

9.set up建立，创立，安排

1)She set up a new record in the 10000 meters.

她在10000米竞赛中又创新记录。

2)When he was twenty，his father set him up in the clothing business.

当他二十岁时，他父亲就出钱帮他做服装生意了。

10.take up拿起，从事，占掉(空间或时间)

1)John took up art while at school.

在学校时他学艺术。

2)When does the new Minister take up his post？

新部长什么时候就任？

3)The copying of the letters took up the whole day.

抄这些信占用了我一整天。

Exercises：

用上面所学词组的适当形式填空：

1.In order to keep fit，I __ smoking.

2.Many memories of the old time ______ by the talk we had yesterday.

3.I prefer to ____ you __ at the street corner.

4.The gathering⁸ is informal;you needn't ______ for it.

5.Because you missed the exam，you'll ___ it _____.

Key answers：

1.gave up　2.were called up

3.to pick…up  4.do up/make up.

5.make…up

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