pick over

英 [pɪk ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [pɪk ˈoʊvər]

仔细检查…以便选出佳品; 挑拣

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 仔细检查…以便选出佳品；挑拣
  If youpick overa quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want.
  1. Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream.
     拣出好的水果，码放在奶油上。

英英释义

verb

• separate or remove
  1. The customer picked over the selection
  Synonym:sieve out

双语例句

• They allowed us to grind the spices, pick over the raisins and lick the stirring spoons.
  大人们会允许我们俩帮他们研磨香料，挑拣葡萄干，或者用勺子搅拌馅料。
• How do you pick one library over another?
  您怎么选择这个库，而不选另一个？
• But you have to play well to pick up consistent results over a long period of time, so we need to take the positives from the defeat against Chelsea and build on it.
  但在长期上你必须踢得好才能拿到好的结果，所以我们需要看到对切尔西的比赛中表现出的积极的东西。
• In the coming weeks, Wall Street's vultures will pick over Lehman's still-warm body and wait for one or two more victims to come their way.
  未来几周，华尔街上的秃鹫们会瓜分雷曼兄弟尚带余温的尸体，然后等着更多的不幸者重蹈覆辙。（最后一句令人不寒而栗）
• They were then told to pick a prostitute and to hand over the used condom after sex.
  他们可以挑选一个妓女，在发生性关系后上交安全套。
• He admitted, however, that there would have to be a "pick and mix" approach over which capital instruments equity, bonds that can be converted to equity in situations of financial stress, or other debt should make up the systemic buffer.
  但他承认，必须通过“选装”（pickandmix）方式来确定哪些资本工具股票、可在资金紧张情况下转换为股票的债券、或其它债务应当用来构成系统缓冲。
• Pick yourself up and start all over again.
  振奋起来，重新开始。
• What makes you pick the Uni-President instant noodles over Master Kang?
  是什么因素让你拿起统一方便面，而不是康师傅呢？
• You don't have to pick being a fighter over a crafter or anything like that.
  你不需要在成为一个战士还是工匠之间无奈选择。
• Many inner-city kids have a sharp instinct for business. But they often lack the jargon and structural knowledge suburban peers can pick up over the dinner table.
  住在市区公寓里的许多孩子对商业有着强烈的冲动，但他们通常缺乏郊区富家子弟在饭桌上听来的行话和结构性知识。