pickings

英 [ˈpɪkɪŋz]

美 [ˈpɪkɪŋz]

n.  油水; (不正当的)外快; 不义之财

牛津词典

noun

• 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
  1. There were only slim pickings to be made at the fair.
     在交易会上只能捞些小油水。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL （得来容易的）钱财
  You can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as thepickings.
  1. Traditional hiding places are easy pickings for experienced burglars...
     对有经验的入室窃贼来说，人们惯常藏钱的那些地方最容易得手。
  2. Other rich pickings, including season ticket sales, are expected to exceed last year's £5m.
     其他丰厚的赚头——包括季票销售额——有望超过去年的500万英镑。

英英释义

noun

• the act of someone who picks up or takes something
  1. the pickings were easy
  2. clothing could be had for the taking
  Synonym:taking

双语例句

• The European Central Bank, like the US Federal Reserve in 2008, has sought to reassure markets by providing generous liquidity, but collateral quality is declining as the better pickings on bank balance sheets are used up.
  欧洲央行（ecb）像2008年的美联储（usfed）一样，想要以大量流动性安抚市场，但随着银行资产负债表上质量较好的资产已经用尽，抵押品的质量正在下降。
• Restaurants are also not generally elusive or pricey, but we found the evening pickings scarce in the uplands town of Kuala Lipis, which was a prosperous state capital during a colonial mining boom.
  餐馆一般不难找到，价格也不贵，但我们发现在内陆小镇瓜拉立卑，晚上可供选择的餐馆不多。在殖民地采矿业的兴旺时期，瓜拉立卑曾是繁荣的州首府。
• When the market is willing to buy any loan he makes, however, he leans towards easy pickings.
  但如果市场愿意对他的贷款照单全收，他就容易去捞取不义之财。
• 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。
• The Middle East, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, could also offer rich pickings, particularly if oil prices continue to hold up.
  包括阿联酋、巴林、沙特阿拉伯、科威特和卡塔尔在内的中东地区，投资回报也会颇为丰厚，尤其是如果油价持续上涨的话。
• Often there are slim pickings by the time that last orientation session rolls around.
  通常在最后一次会议举行之前只有一些少量的选择。
• Once the race is decided, analysts believe there will be rich pickings.
  分析师认为，一旦决出胜负，这个市场上的盈利将十分丰厚。
• If China does not do this, Japanese, Korean and European makers will ruthlessly take away the prize pickings and strengthen their position in the U.
  如果中国不这样做，韩国、日本或者欧洲的汽车制造商将无情地占走这个便宜并巩固他们在美国市场的地位。
• In fact, I was not sorry she came, for there are but meager pickings here, and she brought some of those apples.
  事实上，我并不因为她的到来而不高兴困为留在平原上的残果都又瘦又小。
• If you're looking for somewhere with plenty of room, it'll be slim pickings at what architects of this new home are claiming is the narrowest property in the world.
  如果你在寻找拥有足够空间的宅邸的话，这将会成为你的不二选择。