8.right away : (immediately, at once, very soon)

【说明：】right away （立刻，马上）为美国口头语，没有immediately与at once正式， 系一副词片语，与right now (exactly now )的意思相仿。

【例：】

(1) She says that dinner will be ready right away.

她说晚餐马上就准备好了。

(2) Can William come to my office right away?

威廉能够立刻就到我的办公室来吗？

9.to pick up : (to take-especially with fingers)

【说明：】to pick up （拾起，拣起）尤指用手指把东西拿起业而言。To pick up还有很多其它的用法。如

①让人搭便车：

The motorist picked up a couple of servicemen along the highway

（这个乘汽车的人在公路上让两个军人搭乘便车。）

②听会，自然学会，（言语，游戏等）：

He never studied French; what he knows he picked up while living in France.

（他从来没有学过法文；他所知道的是他住在法国的时候听会的。）

③捉住，逮捕，萍水相逢便行订交，选出：

I picked up London lastnight.

(昨晚我在无线电听到了伦敦的播音。)

【例：】

(1) John Picked up the newspaper which was on his desk.

约翰把书桌上的报纸拿了起来。

(2) Why didn’t you pick up that pencil which lay on the floor?

你为什么不把地板上的那枝铅笔拾起来呢？


10.at once: (immediately, very soon, right away)

【说明：】

at once （立刻，马上）为一级通用的副词片语，也可以作为同时(simultaneously)解，如

This book is at once interesting and instructive.

（此书既有趣又有益。）

【例：】

(1) He asked me to come to his office at once.

他请我立刻就到他的办公室去。

(2) I want you to send this telegram at once.

我希望你马上把这电报发出去。