在公司的微信交流群里，有时和老外文字聊天的时候，对方会发来三个字母“HMU”，意思就是有些事打字儿说起来太慢，还是电话联系吧。还有一次，我们要外出开会，但小刘慢慢腾腾的总磨蹭，外教Lawrence就来了一句“Hit him up, or we shall be late for the meeting. ”

看到这儿有的同学就该琢磨了，难道是嫌小刘动作太肉，要把他“打起来？” 其实这里用到了一个短语“hit somebody up”就是与某人联系、找到某人或催促某人的意思啦。所以这里老外是在说“催他快点，否则我们开会就要迟到了。”

hit up

na. 催促；加速；〈美〉乞求；请求；跟某人联系、联络

【En】

To go to a particular place.

去一个特定的地方。

To contact someone or something.

联系某人或某事。

hit somebody up for something

向（某人）索要；与(某人)联系

【En】

If you hit somebody up for something, especially for money, you ask them for it.

如果你hit someone up for something，就指你就是向某人索要某物，尤其是钱。

To make contact with (someone), often with a view to receiving money, a favour, etc.

与（某人）联系接触，通常为了得到钱或帮助等。

• They hit up Hector for the last $250.

他们向赫克托索要最后的250美元。

• Did he hit you up for cash again?

他又找你要钱了吗？

【活学活用 give an example】

• You can hit me up anytime in while I'm home.

我在家的时候，你可以随时来找我。

• Hit him up, or we shall be late for the train.

快去找他（催他快一点），不然，我们就赶不上火车了。

• Oh no, here comes Jodie. He's going to hit me up for cash again.

喔，糟糕，朱迪过来了！她又要找我借钱了！

• Please make sure you hit me up whenever you're in town.

无论你什么时候进城，一定要记得跟我联络喔！

• Hit me up if you wanna hang out.

如果你想出去玩，可以随时联系我。

• I gave that cute boy my number and told him to hit me up sometime.

我把我的号码给了那个可爱的男孩，让他找个时间打电话给我。

• I'm hitting up the public library for two.

我要去公共图书馆找两个人。

• Don't hit him up for anything else but breakfast.

除了早饭外，甭向他提出别的啥要求。

• Let's hit up the mall—I'm sure we can find a present for her there.

我们去购物中心吧，我肯定能在那里给她买到礼物。

• She hit me up for $20.

她向我要20美元。

• Hit me up whenever you need help.

任何时候你需要帮助就来找我。

• She tried to hit me up for a loan till payday, but I didn't have any money to give her.

她想向我借笔钱直到发薪日，但我没有钱给她。

• Stop hitting me up for money when you already owe me $500!

你已经欠我500美元了，别再来找我要钱了!

• He quickly hit up 20 runs.

他很快就赢得20分。

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