56 PICK: 選擇，挑；挑剔；搜尋；抓

56 PICK: 選擇，挑；挑剔；搜尋；抓

詞組講解

1. pick a quarrel with sb. ** 找碴；挑釁

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：選擇與某人［爭吵（quarrel）］

例 My husband loves to pick a quarrel with me when he is bored.

2. pick at sb. or sth. *** 嘮叨，不斷挑毛??；小口地吃；觸摸，觸碰

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：挑剔某人或挑某物

例 Because he's an immigrant and can't speak English well, the boss picks at Jose.

The news had made me lose my appetite, so I sat there only picking at the meal.

If you keep the sore covered, the child won't be tempted to pick at it.

3. pick holes in sth. / pick sth. to pieces ** 找漏洞；挑毛病

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：從某處挑［缺陷、漏洞（holes）］

例 The committee seemed determined to pick holes in our plan.

4. pick on sb. or sth. *** 挑出某人或某物的缺點；折磨；耍弄

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：對某人或某物進行挑剔

例 You shouldn't let the older boys pick on the younger ones.

5. pick one's way through sth. ** 小心翼翼地經(jīng)過；謹慎地前進

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：搜尋出［自己的路（one's way）］

例 Having spent 14 hours picking my way through the erudite book, my eyes were sore and my brain numb.

Pedestrians had to pick their way through many puddles.

6. pick sb. or sth. off *** 摘下，拿下；瞄準射殺

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：挑［出（off）］某人或某物

例 All of the apples on the lower branches had been picked off by schoolboys passing by.

With a scope on the rifle, it is possible to pick off targets up to 1,500 meters away.

7. pick sb. or sth. out *** 挑出來，分離；了解，領(lǐng)會

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人或某物挑［出來（out）］

例 Grandmother pointed to the old dolls and told me to pick one out.

8. pick sb. or sth. up *** 拿起來，撿起；（汽車、船等）中途搭乘；給人搭便車；（出于戀愛目的而）結(jié)識；抓住，逮捕；整理，整頓；（偶然）學(xué)到；耳濡目染，熟悉；加速；重新開始；接收信號；重新找到

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：將某人或某物抓［起來（up）］

例 Can you help me pick this box up and carry it over there?

The company bus picks us up at 7:30 AM.

A passing car saw me and stopped to pick me up.

Brice Shopping Mall is a great place to pick up girls.

Police need a court order permitting them to pick up a person they suspect.

As soon as we can pick up this office, we can go home for the day.

John is going to pick up some donuts for the meeting.

Why don't you go to that seminar on fishing? You might pick up a few good tips.

I realized I was running a bit slow, so I picked up the pace a bit.

In the morning we picked up where we had left off the day before.

We installed a satellite dish so we could pick up Mexican television transmissions.

The search dogs picked up the scent of a living person under the rubble.

9. pick sth. over / pick over sth. *** 仔細挑選，仔細觀察

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：［徹底地、反復(fù)地（over）］挑選某物

例 For nearly three weeks rescuers picked over the rubble of the collapsed department store, looking for bodies and survivors.

10. pick up the tab ** 承擔(dān)費用，支付費用

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：拿起［賬單（tab）］

例 My company picks up the tab for all my travel expenses.

參考譯文

1. 我丈夫無聊的時候，喜歡找碴跟我吵架。

2. 由于喬斯是移民而且英語說得不好，老板經(jīng)常挑他的毛病。

那條新聞讓我失去了胃口，所以我只是坐在那里，吃得很少。

如果你把傷口包扎好了，孩子就不會想去觸碰它。

3. 委員會好像決定要挑我們的計劃的毛病。

4. 你不應(yīng)該讓年齡大的男孩欺負年齡小的男孩。

5. 我花了14個小時好不容易讀完那本內(nèi)容豐富的書，眼睛都痛了，腦袋也麻木了。

行人不得不在許多水坑中艱難前行。

6. 矮樹枝上的蘋果都已經(jīng)被路過的學(xué)生們摘光了。

用帶有瞄準鏡的步槍可在1,500米外瞄準射殺目標。

7. 奶奶指著那些舊娃娃，讓我從里面挑一個。

8. 你能幫我把這個盒子抬起來，搬到那邊嗎？

公司班車上午7:30來接我們。

一輛經(jīng)過的汽車看到我，停下來讓我搭便車。

布萊斯購物中心是一個結(jié)識女孩的好地方。

警方須獲得法院命令后才能逮捕嫌疑人。

只要我們能把這間辦公室打掃干凈，今天就可以回家了。

開會的時候，約翰會帶一些甜甜圈來。

你為什么不去參加那個釣魚研討班呢？你可能會得到一些有用的指點。

我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己跑得有點慢，所以加快了步伐。

早上，我們繼續(xù)從前一天中斷的地方開始。

我們安裝衛(wèi)星天線是為了接收到墨西哥的電視信號。

搜救犬發(fā)現(xiàn)碎石下面有人幸存的跡象。

9. 救援人員在倒塌商場的廢墟中仔細搜查，尋找遺體和生還者，搜尋工作持續(xù)了近三周。

10. 公司為我承擔(dān)所有的差旅費用。