The man is lifting weight 舉重

1、舉起，提起，抬起，吊起 v.
Could you help me lift this table, please?
你能幫我抬一下桌子嗎？
Could you lift your chair a little- I've got my coat caught under it.
你能把椅子稍微抬一下嗎——我的大衣被壓住了。
She lifted the cigarette (up) to her lips.
她把香煙舉到唇邊。
He lifted his eyes (= looked up) from the paper and glared.
他的目光從報紙上移開，抬起頭來怒目而視。

★lift a/the cup 贏得（比賽）獎盃
He is the hot favourite to lift the cup again next month.
他是下個月贏得獎盃的大熱門。

2、把（蔬菜或植物）挖出來，刨出，拔出
They're lifting potatoes.
他們正在挖馬鈴薯。

3、提起;抱起;移開
She lifted the baby out of her chair.
她把嬰兒從椅子上抱起來。
He lifted the box carefully down from the shelf.
他小心地從架子上取下那個盒子。

4、（霧氣）散去，散開，消散
The morning mist had lifted and the sun was starting to come through.
晨霧已經散去，太陽開始放出光芒。

5、取消，撤銷（規定或法律）
The restrictions on water usage have been lifted now that the river levels are normal.
河水的水位已經恢復正常，因此用水限制被取消了。
At last they've lifted the ban on jeans at the club.
最終他們取消了在俱樂部禁止穿牛仔褲的規定。

6、偷竊，偷盜
He'd lifted whole passages from a website.
他從網站上整段整段地剽竊文章。

7、電梯;升降機 n.
Take the lift to the sixth floor.
乘電梯到七樓。

8、舉，提，抬，吊
Give it one more lift and we'll have it at the top of the stairs.
再抬一下我們就能把它抬到樓梯頂端了。

9、搭便車
I'll give you a lift to the train station if you like.
如果你願意，我可以載你到車站。
He hitched a lift (= stood by the road and made a signal asking a car to stop and take him) to Birmingham.
他搭便車去了伯明罕。