a)NOTICEto notice something about the way someone is behaving or feeling, even though they are trying not to show it 注意到〔别人试图隐藏的事物〕
Children pick up on our worries and anxieties.
孩子们觉察到了我们的不安和焦虑。
b)DISCUSSto return to a point or an idea that has been mentioned and discuss it more 回过头来进一步讨论〔已被提到的论点或观点〕
I’d like to pick up on a point that Steven made earlier.
我想再提一提史蒂文先前说过的一点。
c)pick somebody up on somethingCRITICIZE to criticize someone slightly for something they have said 批评[指责]某人说过的话
I knew he was lying and I should have picked him up on it.
我知道他在撒谎,我应该说他两句的。
Examples from the Corpus
pick up on • It was downright sinister and the fact that Glyn had picked up on her uneasyfeelings left her more uneasy still.• I hadn't picked up on it, and he had no hand at all in your coming to work for me.• The girlspick up on the excitement of the crowd and come out strong.• It is important that a managerpick up on the good particularly and show them how to use it.• Carolyn was picking up on the movements of the three women, which had seemed so mysteriously random at first.• There's a lot of frequencies you can't pick up on the recordlistening through small speakers.• Unfortunately, children pick up on this response.
pick somebody up on something• When they went off the air in the evening, I picked it up on my program.• We used to keep it round Nezzer Eyres's and pick it up on Sundays when we wanted it.• A Sergeant and four Corporalsarrived from Orange to pick us up on the following Monday.• He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action.