| 单词 | pickings |
| 释义 | pickings noun[plural] uk/ˈpɪk.ɪŋz/us/ˈpɪk.ɪŋz/moneythat can beearnedeasilyordishonestly: 不义之财；（不正当的）外快The street-sellers areluredto thetownby therich/easypickings that are to be had fromforeigntourists.因为可以从外国游客那里赚到大量的／毫不费力地赚到钱财，街边小贩被吸引到镇子里来了。 Informal words for money
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Earning money Examplesofpickingspickings The very size of the demand has also brought considerable financialpickings. From theCambridge English Corpus We may get something even worse and more damaging; but at least there are a fewpickingsof compensation in the opinion of other countries. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike the remote northern grouse moors, such estates offered potentially richpickingsfor poachers. From theCambridge English Corpus This lack of effective defoliation also required slower harvest machinery operation, and occasional repeated mechanicalpickings. From theCambridge English Corpus There may be easierpickingselsewhere, or it may be that design space exploration has limited utility. From theCambridge English Corpus This is slimpickingsindeed. From theCambridge English Corpus There must be something else, some other mechanism that determines which of the paradigms of closings, or games, orpickings-up are the appropriate paradigms for the directives in question. From theCambridge English Corpus The "pickingsfor the boys" would become more rampant, more unashamed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There will bepickingshere and there, but that does not apply peculiarly to the legal profession; of course not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My experience of protection rackets—it is all vicarious—is that, when thepickingsget richer, the protection rackets do not necessarily fade away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have done that most probably in the hope of easypickings, as was the case with the brewers in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no easypickingsfor this country in international economics and there never will be again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It therefore offers richpickings, and some people will always try to grab these by illegal means. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If they are going to have "pickings", good luck to them! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The point has been made very truly that the lawyers will have greatpickingsfrom defending cases under the clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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