pickings

美 [ˈpɪkɪŋz]
英 ['pɪkɪŋz]
  • n.油水；（不正当的）外快；不义之财
  • 网络挑选；容易赚点钱或利润；剔选物

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网络释义

Pickings
n.
1.
油水；（不正当的）外快；不义之财something, especially money, that can be obtained from a particular situation in an easy or a dishonest way
There were only slim pickings to be made at the fair.
在交易会上只能捞些小油水。
There are rich pickings to be had by investing in this sort of company.
向这类公司投资大有油水可捞。
The strike affecting the country's largest airline is producing easy pickings for smaller companies.
罢工给全国最大航空公司带来的影响使得较小的航空公司轻易捡到便宜。

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释义:
全部全部,油水油水,外快外快,不义之财不义之财,挑选挑选,容易赚点钱或利润容易赚点钱或利润,剔选物剔选物
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1.
They use a unique fishing technique, cooperatively herding fish into small areas on the surface where the pickings are easy.
它们使用一种独特的捕鱼技术，能够相互合作地把小鱼集中在小面积的水面上，以便它们可以任意选用。
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2.
Years I've got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings here in the exercise yard are pretty slim.
时间我有，没有的是石头。这儿的操场上几乎捡不到的。
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3.
Sierra Leone's budget is a tiny $500m a year, but its leaders still enjoy rich pickings.
狮子山的预算每年虽然只有五亿美元，但是领导人们仍享受丰富的外快收入。
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4.
It's slim pickings out there. You can't swing a Fendi purse without knocking over five losers. Where did all the great guys go?
找到好男人的机会渺茫连甩个名牌皮包都会打到五个蹩脚货好男人都到哪儿去了？
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5.
"America's mayor" has ignored both of these early states to focus on bigger, delegate-rich pickings.
这位“美国市长”不理会早期各州的情况而把精力投放到更大和富人代表领域。
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6.
That would be only a taster of India's rich defence pickings.
但这只是能给外国企业带来丰厚油水的印度高额国防开支中一小部分。
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7.
Perhaps there is nothing you can do to reduce costs and in that case the buyer will often move on to easier pickings.
可能你没办法降低成本，这时候采购员通常会选择更简单的提货。
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8.
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。
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9.
A day's watching persuaded him that the goblins had moved on, perhaps in search of richer pickings .
在远处进行一整天的观察之后，他才相信地精已经离开了，也许是为了寻找更富有的目标。
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10.
Foreigners are student visas hoping to stick around the country after graduation may find slim pickings in the job market.
希望毕业后留在美国的留学生，可能会发现就业市场上机会甚少。
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