PHRASAL VERB When a vehicle or driver pulls up, the vehicle slows down and stops. 慢慢停下
The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.
出租车慢慢停了下来,司机跳下了车。
PHRASAL VERB If you pull up a chair, you move it closer to something or someone and sit on it. (将椅子) 挪近然后坐下
He pulled up a chair behind her and put his chin on her shoulder.
他把椅子挪到她后面坐下,把下巴放在她肩上。
That is,this kind of pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, that with enough determination and hard work that you can transcend limitations of money or class or gender.
VOA: special.2010.03.08
"The organization doesn't have to expose its inner-most secrets to pull in somebody from New York and say here's how to hook up some propane tanks."
VOA: standard.2010.05.18
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