英语释义

• the act of someone who picks up or takes something;

  "the pickings were easy"

  "clothing could be had for the taking"

片语

picking system拣选系统

Rich Pickings丰富的外快

Brain Pickings非商业性独立书评网站

order picking指令拣选

fruit picking果实采收；摘水果

harvesting at several pickings选取式收割

picking up拾起；收取；扬网

the pickings were easy这种选择很容易

Pickings Armalee名称

pickings claims翻译

Slim Pickings Fat Chances致富之道

Armalee Pickings标签

英汉例句

• TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week「s offering was a vintage one.

  对那些经常在政界发掘到丰富素材的讥讽行家们来说，上周的供料真是绝佳题材。

• Women, in his opinion, are nasty teases who 「ask for it」 or who are powerless and seem like easy pickings for a man who is used to taking advantage of people in every part of his life.

  女人，在他看来，要么是水性杨花的风骚下流之辈，要么是软弱无助，成为像他这样一贯处处占便宜的人轻松到手的猎物。

• They」ll look for easier pickings elsewhere.

  他们将在其他地方寻找可乘之机。

• Wheeler said scientists have not yet studied the yam「s nutritional value to see what benefits the plant offers as a food crop—and despite its popularity, pickings are already slim.

  怀勒说，科学家尚未对这种山药的营养成分及食用益处进行研究。尽管安格那山药深受欢迎，但产量稀少。

• If you」re looking for somewhere with plenty of room, it「ll be slim pickings at what architects of this new home are claiming is the narrowest property in the world.

  如果你在寻找拥有足够空间的宅邸的话，这将会成为你的不二选择。

• To date, the official Android Market has had slim pickings when it comes to document editing, with the majority of apps being simple notepads.

  到目前为止，官方的AndroidMarket在文本编辑应用领域的收入微不足道，大多数应用只是简单的笔记本程序。

• But the richest pickings are undoubtedly to be found in the Gulf.

  但是最大的财富无疑还是来自海湾地区。

• Despite a body designed to hop along the ground many species in New Guinea have evolved to live in the forest canopy where there are rich pickings of food.

  尽管天生是地上跳跃的动物，但在森林如盖的新几内亚的很多物种已经进化到住在树上。因为森林里有丰富的食物来源。

• Hastings thinks the newly identified species, named Cerrejonisuchus improcerus, would」ve been easy pickings for Titanoboa.

  哈斯汀认为，这种新发现的、命名为「Cerrejonisuchus improcerus 」的生物，是不会被泰坦莽轻而易举捕食的。

• Big projects offer the richest pickings too.

  大工程为那些有钱人提供外快。

• Because exposed out on the sand, they're easy pickings for birds interested in a rodent repast.

  因为一旦它们暴露在沙滩上便很容易被鸟儿捕食。

• The easiest pickings were bikes secured with cheap locks.

  最好偷的是那些用廉价锁的自行车。

• The pickings were slim. Parents worked late, and many lacked the English skills to enforce or help with homework.

  不过收获很小，家长们都工作到很晚，许多都没有英语技能去加强或者帮助孩子们的作业。

• Like Portugal, Spain and Ireland will sell some crown jewels, and the buyers may find rich pickings in the rubble.

  像葡萄牙一样，西班牙和爱尔兰也将出售一些皇冠上的珠宝，买家们这回算是捡着大便宜了。

• But there will still be rich pickings in the extended continental shelf that is up for grabs by May 13th.

  但在5月13日之前，仍然是各国申请延伸大陆架、抓住这片丰富海底宝藏的最后机会。

• He promised us rich pickings if we bought the shares immediately.

  他向我们保证假若我们立刻买进股票，很容易赚大钱。

• There are far easier pickings out there rather than landing on a planet filled with a civilization that takes great pride in building big weapons that could hinder attempts at mining the planet.

  在那儿获取原料远比着陆在一个充满文明、对建造的能阻碍外星人采矿的大型武器引以为豪的星球上要容易得多。

• The pickings are richest for the biggest companies by market capitalisation.

  对那些市值最大的公司来说，机会比比皆是。

• The days of easy pickings for hedge funds and their sponsor Banks which traded credit-derivative insurance and other exotic debt instruments are over.

  那些对信用衍生品保险和其他别出心裁债务工具做交易的对沖基金及其担保银行不费吹灰之力就能大捞一笔的日子一去不复还了。