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

• Eg: I've got a bone to pick with you over your last shipment to London.
  关于上次运到伦敦的那批货，我不得不跟你抱怨一下。
• 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）
• Pick yourself up and start all over again.
  振奋起来，重新开始。
• As time passes and more people decide to upgrade to a smart TV, wood hopes that they will pick a roku-branded set over any competing one.
  随着时间的推移，越来越多的人将把自家的电视机升级为智能电视，伍德希望消费者会在众多竞争品牌中挑选Roku电视。
• I would rather pay for a meal than watch nine friends pick over and split a bill
  我宁可掏钱请客，也不愿看到9位朋友算来算去分摊账单。
• The rise of tablets begs the question& why would corporate customers pick chromebooks over equally affordable tablets?
  我们不禁要问：既然企业客户买得起平板电脑，那他们凭什么要选择价格差不多的Chrome笔记本？
• Waves of gleaners sift the sweepings of Hanoi's streets, just as children pick over the rubbish of Maputo's main tip.
  越南河内的街道上是一波又一波的捡垃圾的，马普托的大垃圾场里可以看到捡垃圾的孩子。
• 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。
• If you see litter on the sidewalk, pick it up instead of walk over it.
  在人行道上看到垃圾时，不要从它的上面踏过，而要将它拾起来。
• 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。