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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the UK, with the economy deteriorating and the uptick in claimant count, we expect Unemployment to pick up the pace over the last few months.
  在英国，随着经济的恶化，索赔计数的上升，我们预计失业者在过去几个月就已经采取行动。
• He began to pick his way over the tumbled rocks.
  他开始在倒塌的岩石间择路而行。
• 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。
• Let's pick the berries over for stems and leaves.
  让我们来挑检一下浆果，将梗和叶子拣掉。
• 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 a working title Start a blog ( this is a great founder blog) Look into the legal structure Pick a mantra over a business plan.
  挑选一个工作主题创建一个博客（这里有一个不错的例子）调研相关的法律规制为你的商业计划挑选一个宗旨。