1. 停车:指车辆减速并停在路边或指定位置,如“The car pulled up at the gate.”(汽车在门口停下。)2. 拉近:将物体拉向自己或拉起来,如“She pulled up a chair and sat down.”(她拉过一把椅子坐下。)3. 拔起:将植物等从土中拔出,如“He pulled up the weeds.”(他拔掉了杂草。)4. 责备:用于英式英语,指批评或纠正某人,如“He was pulled up by his boss for being late.”(他因迟到被老板责备。)5. 提高:使某物上升或改善,如“The team pulled up their performance in the second half.”(球队在下半场提高了表现。)这些义项围绕“向上或向前移动”的核心,引申出停止、靠近、移除、纠正和提升等含义。
日常口语中,常指停车或拉近物体,如“You can pull up here.”(你可以停在这里。)新闻报道中,可能用于描述车辆停下或经济数据回升,如“The stock market pulled up sharply.”(股市急剧回升。)法律文本中较少见,但可能用于描述车辆违规停靠。商务邮件中,可能用于“pull up a report”(调出报告),但此时更常用“pull up”的非正式含义。文学作品中,可用于描写动作或比喻,如“He pulled up his socks and carried on.”(他振作起来继续。)整体上,该短语在口语和非正式写作中更常见,正式场合多用“stop”或“raise”。
语法说明
“pull up”可作为及物或不及物动词短语。不及物时,主语为车辆或人,如“The taxi pulled up outside the hotel.”(出租车在酒店外停下。)及物时,宾语为物体或人,如“She pulled up her child from the ground.”(她把孩子从地上拉起来。)常见句型:主语 + pull up + (宾语) + 地点状语。易错点:不要与“pull over”混淆,后者指靠边停车,而“pull up”可指在任意位置停车;此外,“pull up”作“责备”解时,常用于被动语态,如“be pulled up for something”。
“pull up”属于中性短语,口语和书面语均可使用,但“责备”义项在正式场合较少见。注意不要与“pull-up”(引体向上)混淆,后者是名词。常见误用包括将“pull up”用于“拉上拉链”(应为“pull up a zipper”可接受,但更常用“zip up”)。另外,在英式英语中“pull up”作“责备”解时,语气较温和,类似“reprimand”。避免在正式学术写作中使用该短语,除非是描述具体动作。
高频搭配
pull up a chair
pull up to the curb
pull up stakes
pull up short
pull up one's socks
pull up in front of
双语例句
The bus pulled up at the stop and the passengers got off.公交车在站点停下,乘客们下车了。
She pulled up a stool and joined the conversation.她拉过一张凳子,加入了谈话。
He spent the morning pulling up weeds in the garden.他整个上午都在花园里拔草。
The manager pulled him up for his careless mistakes.经理因他粗心的错误责备了他。
The company's profits pulled up significantly this quarter.公司本季度利润显著提高。