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pick (obj) CHOOSEpIkvto take some things and leave others; to choose挑选We need to pick someone who is good with people. [T]我们需要挑选一个与别人相处好的人。Pick a couple of dates for the party and then we'll see which is the best for most of us. [T]挑选开晚会的两三个日子，我们看哪天对大多数人合适。One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team. [T]我的一个姐姐被选参加奥运会代表队。If you pick and choose you take some things but not others.挑挑拣拣，挑剔(disapproving) You cannot pick and choose which parts of the job you do -- it's all or nothing. [T]你不能挑做部分工作，要么全做，要么全不做。He was a successful enough actor to pick and choose his roles. [T]他是个相当成功的演员，可以挑选要演的角色。The universities could pick and choose among students with the best results. [I]大学可以在成绩最好的学生中进行挑选。If you pick something at random or pick it out of a/the hat you do it without a plan or without knowing what you are doing.随便挑选To pick an instance at random, she was late again yesterday. [T]随便举个例子，她昨天又迟到了。Here are half a dozen hotels, picked at random from the latest edition of the guide. [T]这里有6 个旅店，是从最新的指南上随便找的。(disapproving) Some of the material was so unsuitable it seemed to have been picked out of a hat. [T]有些材料非常不适合，像是随便挑的。There are many good reasons to pick (on) (= choose) Washington for your headquarters. [T; I + on]选择华盛顿作为你们总部所在地，理由是非常充分的。All the puppies were adorable, but we picked (out) (= chose) the one with the longest, floppiest ears. [T/M]所有的小狗都可爱，但我们选耳朵最长最耷拉的那只。They picked their way (= carefully chose a route) through the mud/down the broken steps/over the rough ground. [T]他们小心翼翼地走过泥浆/走下破台阶/走在崎岖不平的土地上。So successful has the group been in picking winners (= choosing what will be successful) that it is held up as a model for other organizations'selection processes. [T]该组织在挑选得胜者方面如此成功，以致给其他组织树立了一个选择程序的模范。He'd had too much to drink and tried to pick (= start) a fight with the bartender. [T]他喝酒喝得太多了，想和酒吧侍者打架。(disapproving) If you pick at your food you choose only small parts of it to eat without interest or enjoyment.无食欲地吃His guest finally did arrive at the restaurant, only to pick at her food and leave early.他的客人终于到了饭店，但她只勉强吃了几口，早早离开了。[picky]Someone with a gun picks off a person or animal by shooting only a particular person or animal chosen out of a group, rather than shooting several at one time.逐个瞄准射击The snipers picked the soldiers off one by one as they ran for cover. [M]当士兵们跑向掩蔽物时，阻击手逐个瞄准射击。(fig.) It is relatively easy for newcomers to pick off (= keep for themselves) the most lucrative business and ignore the rest. [M]对于新来乍到的人来说，比较容易的是先干最赚钱的生意而不顾其他。When you pick over esp. fruit or vegetables, you examine them carefully and choose the best ones or throw away the bad ones.挑拣Pick over the strawberries and keep a few big ones to one side for decoration.挑一下草莓，放几个大的在一边作装饰。If you pick on someone you frequently treat, criticize or punish the same person unfairly.找…的岔子He gets picked on because he's small.因为他矮小，所以总被指责。There's one girl at my school who everybody picks on because she doesn't wear what everybody else wears -- they're horrible to her.我的学校里有个女孩，每个人都找她的错，就因为她穿的衣服和别人都不同----他们对她可坏了。Just leave me alone, will you? Why don't you go and pick on someone your own size (= fight with someone who is as big as you)?别烦我，为什么不去找个个子和你差不多的呢?Could you pick a few books (out) for me when you go to the library? [T/M]你去图书馆的时候能帮我挑选几本书吗?An innocent man she picked (out) from police photographs was held for 18 days before he was cleared by DNA genetic fingerprinting. [T/M]她从警察的照片里挑了一个无辜者，这个人在被DNA遗传指纹鉴别无罪之前已关押了18天。To pick out also means to recognize, find or make a choice among items in a group.认出Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph?你能挑出这段里3个故意犯的错误吗?We picked our parents out quite easily in the old photos.我们很容易在旧照片里辨认出我们的父母。To pick out is also to choose and emphasize, make clearer or HIGHLIGHT.挑选出The series picks out the memorable occasions and issues of each year in the Fifties.该系列挑选出50 年代每年最值得纪念的场合和事件。The critics had picked him out as one of the most outstanding male dancers of the decade.评论家们挑选他为近10 年最杰出的男舞蹈家之一。She arrived on stage picked out by a spotlight.她登上舞台，一束光打在她身上。The ship's name was picked out in bright gold letters along her stern.船名用醒目的金字写在船尾上。(Br) Pick 'n' mix is a system in shops where a person can choose a few of several different small things, esp. sweets.自己选配
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