在高三課本第十四單元Zoology中有這樣兩句話：
1.To find out whether his assumption was correct，he set up two feeding places.
為了查明他的假設是否正確，他建立了兩個喂食點。
2.Next，Von Frisch and his colleagues set up a feeding place close to the hive.
隨后，馮·弗里希和他的同事們把喂食點設立在靠近蜂箱點地方。
受此啟發，總結含up動詞短語如下，以饗讀者。(注意：要想能夠正確使用這些詞組，運用自如，必須注意每個詞組的多義現象并記準它的含義)
1.calup召集，征召(入伍);想起，回憶起;給……打電話
1)He was called up and left school last year.
去年他就應征入伍離開學校了。
2)The sweet singing called up happy memories of the old woman’s childhood.
甜美的歌聲喚起了老太太對童年的美好回憶。
3)Don’t call anyone up during the night.It’s bad manners.
不要在晚上給人打電話。不禮貌。
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.
我立刻給你修自行車。
2)His coat was done up.It looked better.
他的大衣熨過了，看起來好多了。
3)Do up your buttons.
把扣子都系上。
4)Do up your hair，it’s all loose.
頭發都散了，扎上。
3.give up放棄，不再做
1)Then he remembered that he had given up smoking.
這時他記起他已戒煙。
2)She gave up her job to look after her mother.
她放棄了工作來照顧媽媽。
4.hold up舉起，承受……的重量，堅持(頂住)，使不能行駛(前進)
1)The chair was too weak to hold up such a fat man.
椅子不結實承受不了這么胖的人。
2)We were held up for 5 minutes in a traffic jam.
在交通阻塞中我們被耽擱了五分鐘。
3)Thick fog held up a number of trains.
濃霧使許多火車停止不動。
5.keep up堅持，使斗志不低落，繼續，維持
1)Keep up!Then you will succeed.
堅持!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”.
與只說“是”和“不”的人繼續談話很難。
4)I had to run to keep up with the girls.
我得跑以跟上女孩子們不落后。
6.make up構成，編造，和好，彌補，化裝，配制
1)Twelve girls make up the performance team.
十二個女孩組成這個演出隊。
2)He made up a wonderful story to explain his absence.
他編了一個精彩的故事以解釋他的遲到。
3)Mary and Joan quarreled，but made up after a while.
瑪麗和瓊吵架了，但一會就和好了。
4)He made up another bottle of medicine.
他配制了另一瓶藥。
5)The actors were making up when we arrived.
當我們到達的時候，演員們正在化裝。
6)Vitamin pills make up what you lack in your diet.
維生素丸能彌補你飲食中所缺的東西。
7.pick up拾起，接(某人)上車，染上，學到，掙(工資)，整理，(情況)好轉
1)You dropped the plate on the floor;now you can pick it up.
你把盤子掉在地上，現在你把它揀起來。
2)Where did you pick up the cold?
你在那兒感染上了感冒?
3)He picked up English while he was studying in London.
他在倫敦學習期間，學的英語。
4)The driver stopped to pick up a hitch-hiker.
司機停下來讓一個人免費搭車。
5)The waiters are said to pick up a fair amount in tips.
據說服務生能賺得數量相當可觀的小費。
6)Business is beginning to pick up this month.
本月生意開始回升。
8.put up舉手，修建，張貼，留……住宿
1)He put up his hand to catch the ball.
他舉起手去接球。
2)The houses were put up in 1976.
這些房子是1976年修建的。
3)We put up for the night at a farmhouse.
我們在一農舍過夜。
9.set up建立，創立，安排
1)She set up a new record in the 10000 meters.
她在10000米競賽中又創新記錄。
2)When he was twenty，his father set him up in the clothing business.
當他二十歲時，他父親就出錢幫他做服裝生意了。
10.take up拿起，從事，占掉(空間或時間)
1)John took up art while at school.
在學校時他學藝術。
2)When does the new Minister take up his post?
新部長什么時候就任?
3)The copying of the letters took up the whole day.
抄這些信占用了我一整天。
Exercises：
用上面所學詞組的適當形式填空：
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 gathering is informal;you needn’t ______ for it.
5.Because you missed the exam，you’ll ___ it _____.
Key answers：
1.gave up2.were called up
3.to pick…up 4.do up/make up.
5.make…up
