He was never one to pick and choose.

他從來不挑三揀四。

I spent days picking and choosing before deciding on the wallpaper and curtains.

我挑選壁紙和窗帘用了好幾天的時間。

Some people pick and choose to get something perfect.

有些人挑三揀四是想弄到一些完美無缺的東西。

Jacelin often picked and stole when he was at school.

傑斯林上學時經常扒竊。

The purse has been picked and stolen from my pocket.

我的錢包被人從口袋裡摸走了。

The baby is picking at the bedclothes.

嬰兒在抓弄被褥。

The sick man picked at the blanket.

病人拉扯著毯子。

Leave the child alone; you're always picking at her.

不要管那孩子,你總是找她的岔。

I wish she would stop picking at the little girl so much.

但願她不再老找那個小女孩的岔兒。

Why are you always picking at the poor child?

你為什麼總是挑那可憐的小孩的毛病?

She'd been picked at so often by parents and teachers that she didn't know how to behave.

家長和老師經常對她求全責備,她簡直不知怎麼辦才好。

She only picked at her food.

她只吃了一點點食物。

The sick boy was only picking at his food.

這個有病的孩子只吃了幾口飯。

I think something must be worrying Dade; he has only picked at his food for the last two days.

我看達德有心事,最近兩天他吃得很少。

He never feels hungry and just picks at his food.

他從不覺得餓,吃東西也沒胃口。

She picked some flowers from the garden.

她從花園裡摘了一些鮮花。

You mustn't pick the bananas from others' tree.

你不該從別人的樹上摘香蕉。

He picked a pen from the ground.

他從地上撿起一支鋼筆。

Imes picked Rose from all the beautiful girls in the school to be a model.

艾姆斯從全校那些美麗的女孩子中選中露絲做模特兒。

The child has picked a hole in his new jumper.

孩子在新毛衣上勾了一個洞。

Don't just sit there picking holes in your meat with your fork, get on with your dinner!

別坐在那兒只是往肉上扎洞,好好吃飯!

The bird picked a hole in the ice with its beak.

那隻鳥在冰上啄出了一個洞。

Don't pick off any of these flowers.

這些花一朵也不要採摘。

The insecticide might harm the flowers.Let's pick off the insects by hand.

殺蟲劑可能會傷害花朵。我們用手把蟲捉下來吧。

A sniper behind the bushes picked off three of our men.

藏在樹叢後面的一個狙擊手射死了我方三個人。

We picked off the officers first, so as to throw the attack into confusion.

我們首先把敵軍官一個個地射死,致使敵人的進攻陷入混亂。

I know someone has to fetch some more logs, but why pick on me?

我知道得有人再去撿些木頭,但為什麼挑上了我?

The teacher always picks on her to translate the long passages.

老師總是叫她做長篇翻譯。

Why should you pick on me to do the chores?

你為什麼要挑我去做那些雜務?

She wondered why we had picked on that small room to work in.

她不知道為什麼我們偏要選中那個小房間作為工作室。

I was picked on to announce the bad news.

偏偏選中我去宣布這個壞消息。

Why pick on me every time?

為什麼每次都找我的岔?

They always pick on her when anything goes wrong.

每當事情出了什麼差錯,他們總是責怪她。

She felt that her parents were picking on her.

她覺得,父母老是偏偏責備她。

Stop picking on me or I'll tell father.

不要對我這麼凶,不然我會告訴爸爸的。

In the assignment of various sorts of work, none of them felt as if they were being picked on.

在分配各項工作時,他們中間沒有人覺得自己受到虧待。

The child refuses to eat this fruit without first picking out the stones.

不把果核取出來,那個小孩就不會吃這水果。

This special blade on the boy's knife is for picking stones out of horses' feet.

男孩子這把刀上的特殊刀刃是用來剔除嵌在馬蹄上的石頭的。

Let's pick out the bad potatoes from the basket.

讓我們把壞掉的土豆從籃子里挑出來。

He is going with me to help me pick out a color TV set.

他要陪我一起去,幫我選一台彩電。

My wife is going with me to help me pick out a new suit.

我妻子跟我一起去以幫我挑選一套新西裝。

Have you picked out the movie you want to see?

你選好你想看的電影了嗎?

I'm going to pick out a few books to send to some friends.

我將挑選幾本書寄給幾個朋友。

It's not easy to pick out the best actors for this play, because they're all so good.

要在這齣戲里選出最佳演員可真不容易,因為他們都演得十分出色。

The architect has to pick out a new site for his building.

建築師得為他承建的房子選擇新址。

He picked out the ripest peach.

他把最熟的桃挑了出來。

We must pick out the enemy's weakest units for attack.

我們必須找敵人最薄弱的部隊攻擊。

That pile on the left are the ones that have been picked out for the library.

左邊的那一堆是挑出來給圖書館的。

The pile of books on the shelf is picked out for you by the teacher.

書架上那堆書是老師替你們挑選的。

The police asked the witness to pick out the murderer from four suspects.

警察讓目擊者從4名嫌疑犯中辨認出誰是殺人犯。

The witness picked out the thief from a crowd of men.

證人從一群人中認出了竊賊。

He picked out a friend's face in the crowd.

他在人群中認出了一位朋友的臉。

Counsel stated that the accused had been picked out by two different people at an identity parade.

辯護律師聲明,被告是在一次身份檢驗中被兩個不同的人認出來的。

Her house is easily picked out from the rest; it has a large black gate.

她的住宅很容易和其他的區別開來,它有一個黑色的大門。

I picked out the meaning of the passage.

我領會了這段文章的含義。

Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage?

你能聽出這段管弦樂曲里有歌劇式的詠嘆調嗎?

The design was picked out in the bright red.

這圖案色彩鮮艷,燦爛奪目。

The actors' and actresses' costume was picked out by the spotlights.

男女演員的服裝在聚光燈照耀下顯得十分顯眼。

As soon as she'd sung the first verse, he picked out the tune on the piano.

她剛剛唱完了第一段,他就在鋼琴上彈出了這首歌的曲調。

Pick up your feet there, men!

諸位,把腳抬起來!

She picked up the ashtray and put it on the table.

她拾起煙灰缸並把它放到桌子上。

Facer dropped his pen and bent to pick it up, causing a sharp pain in his back.

費塞掉了鋼筆,在彎腰揀筆時,感到背上一陣劇痛。

On hearing the news through the telephone she picked up her kit and dashed out of the door.

從電話里聽到這個消息后她拿起藥箱衝出門去。

I picked up your bag by mistake.

我拿錯了你的手提包。

The telephone rang just as I was about to pick up the receiver.

我剛要去拿聽筒,電話就響了。

I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.

我如果看見的話,我早就把它撿起來了。

While driving to Edinburgh he picked up two students who were hitching a lift.

他在駕車去愛丁堡的途中,讓兩個要求搭車的學生上了車。

The bus stopped several times to pick up passengers.

那輛公共汽車沿途停了好幾次,讓乘客上車。

I'll pick you up at your place at eight o'clock.

我8點鐘在你住的地方接你上車。

Please wait at the school gate.John will pick you up there.

請在校門口等候,約翰要來找你一塊走的。

It's not safe to travel by standing at the roadside hoping to be picked up by passing motorists.

站在路邊等著搭便車,這樣旅行並不安全。

The boy is picked up in a lifeboat.

小男孩被救上了救生艇。

His spirits picked up.

他的精神振作起來了。

When the child fell off her bicycle, she picked herself up, got back on and rode away .

那個女孩子從自行車上摔下來后自己爬了起來,又上車趕路了。

Pick yourself up and brush yourself down.

自己爬起來,把衣服撣乾淨。

After the failure of his business, he had to pick himself up and start all over again.

他的生意失敗后,他不得不振作起來,一切重新開始。

The speed of the train began to pick up.

火車開始加速。

The car began to pick up the moment the vehicle got onto the motorway.

一開上高速公路,車子的速度就加快了。

The engine coughed for a few minutes, then picked up, and soon we were on our way.

發動機突突地響了幾分鐘而後加速,很快我們就上路了。

Let's see how fast you can pick up from a standing start.

看看你站著起跑后能加速多快。

Soon after the train left the station, it began to pick up speed.

火車出站后不久就逐漸加快速度。

The car picks up speed with just a touch of the accelerator.

這輛車只要你一踩油門就會加速。

The teacher told her singing class to pick up the tempo; the class did well after her.

老師叫全班同學加快節拍唱歌,大家跟著她唱得很好。

Children, it's time to pick up and have supper.

孩子們,該收拾東西吃晚飯了。

I refuse to pick up after children who are old enough to keep their own things in order.

我不願替那些能料理自己東西的大孩子們收拾房間。

「What are you doing?」「I'm picking up my room.」

「你在做什麼呢?」「我在收拾屋子。」Pick up your room before you go out, please.請在離開之前整理好房間。

Please pick up all your toys when you've finished playing.

你玩過後請把玩具都收拾好。

Let's pick up everything on the floor and get the room tidy before we go out.

我們出去之前,先把地板上的東西收拾乾淨,把房間搞整齊。

It's time to pick up tools and go home.

到收拾工具回家的時候了。

The room must be picked up before the guests arrive.

這個房間在客人到達之前必須收拾出來。

The peasants were picking up in the field.

農民們在田裡翻地。

The man was picking up the ground very hard.

那個人正在使勁地挖地。

The frozen ground will have to be picked up by hand before machine digging can begin.

這凍土必須挖過後才能用掘土機掘土。

He picked up Japanese while living in Japan.

他在日本生活的時候學會了日語。

I don't know where my children have picked up those rude words!

我不知道我的孩子們從哪兒學來了這些粗話。

Haas has never had a French teacher; he picked up the language by himself.

哈斯從未請過法文教師,他的法語是自學的。

Jacelin served no formal apprenticeship in car mechanics; he just picked it up at the garage where he works.

傑斯林沒有正式學過汽車機械修理,他只是在自己的汽車修理廠學的。

It is said that the essentials of Esperanto can be picked up in a few lessons.

據說上幾次課就能掌握世界語的基本要領。

Where did you pick up that book?I've been trying to get it for weeks!

你在哪兒弄到這本書?好幾個星期來,我一直想買這本書。

Where did you pick up that lovely vase?

你是在哪裡弄到那個漂亮的花瓶的?

My friend knows where he can pick up a good used car for you at a very reasonable price.

我的朋友知道在哪兒能給你弄輛還不錯的舊車,而且價錢還相當公道。

If Mother picks up a temporary job, they'll stop our welfare money.

如果媽媽找到臨時工作,他們就會停發福利金。

You can always pick up new ideas if you keep your eyes open.

你要是留意的話,總能接收到新的思想觀點的。

She tried to pick up a humble living by selling baskets that she had made by hand.

她設法賣些自己編織的籃子掙錢糊口。

Car factory workers can pick up good wages, especially with overtime.

汽車廠的工人們能掙很多錢,特別是加班的時候。

Besides his regular wages, the chauffeur picks up money in tips.

那位汽車司機除領取正常工資外,還可以收點小費。

My radio can pick up London very clearly.

我的收音機能清楚地收到倫敦的廣播。

I picked up Fujian on the radio last night.

我昨晚收聽到福建廣播電台。

They can pick up a lot of stations on this radio set.

他們能用這台收音機收到許多電台的廣播。

This powerful radio can pick up stations from halfway round the world.

這台大功率的無線電能接收到半個地球的電台發出的電波。

The searchers at last picked up a signal from the crashed plane.

搜索者終於收到了一個那架失事飛機發出的信號。

These new electric buses pick up their power from overhead wires.

這些新電車從車頂上方的電線接受供電。

John suggested to his companions that a few shillings might be picked up by running errands for the neighbours.

約翰向夥伴們建議,幫鄰居們跑跑腿也許還能掙些錢。

An intruding enemy plane was picked up by our radar installations.

我方雷達發現了一架入侵敵機。

He must have picked up a cold; he's begun to sniffle.

他鼻子有點不通,一定是感冒了。

He has picked up some bad habits at that club.

他在那個俱樂部里染上了一些壞習慣。

I don't want to pick up any bad habits from those people.

我不想從那些人那裡染上任何壞習慣。

The police picked the man up for burglary.

警察以盜竊罪逮捕了那個人。

He was implicated in a murder, and sooner or later they would pick him up.

他和一宗兇殺案有牽連,遲早他們會逮捕他的。

The police picked the burglar up as he was leaving the house.

竊賊正要離開那幢房子的時候,警察捉住了他。

They picked Eby up from a battlefield and sold him as a slave.

他們把伊比從戰場上捉住當作奴隸賣了。

His ears are so sensitive that they can pick up very faint sounds from a long way away .

他的耳朵非常靈敏,能聽見遠處的微弱的聲音。

The trained dogs soon picked up the smell of the creature that they were hunting.

經過訓練的狗很快就能嗅出被追捕的動物的氣味。

He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.

他因被指控殺人而被逮捕。

The fleeing culprit was picked up within twenty-four hours.

那名逃犯在24小時之內就被抓獲了。

The escaped prisoners were picked up by the police only a short distance from the prison.

那些逃犯就在離監獄不遠的地方被警方捕獲。

It looks as if the weather may pick up soon.

看起來天氣很快就會好起來。

When is the weather going to pick up?It's been bad for weeks.

天氣什麼時候轉好?幾周來一直很糟糕。

Business is at last beginning to pick up.

生意終於開始好轉了。

The hotel business always picks up in summer.

夏季,旅館的生意一向很好。

Trade has been picking up again since the winter.

自冬季以來,生意逐漸興隆起來。

He seemed to pick up quickly after his fever went down.

他發燒好了以後身體似乎在很快好轉。

He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital.

他自出院以來,身體恢復得很慢。

The writer's personal appearance picked up the sales of the book considerably.

那位作家親自到場,使那本書的銷售量大增。

This medicine will help to pick up your health.

這種藥物能幫助你恢復健康。

The engine sputtered and seemed about to cut out; then it picked up again.

發動機劈劈啪啪響了幾聲,像是要停下來似的,接著又轉了起來。

We'll pick up where we finished yesterday.

我們從昨天停止的地方繼續進行。

Let's pick up where we left off before our coffee break.

咱們從喝咖啡休息之前停下的地方重新開始。

He picked up the story where he had left it the day before.

他接著往下講前天沒有講完的故事。

Because I had not studied for some years, it was difficult trying to pick up the threads again.

我幾年不摸書本了,重新再拾起書本非常困難。

We lost the animal's track for some time, but picked it up further ahead.

有好一會兒,我們失卻了野獸的足跡,不過再往前又找到了。

It's difficult to pick up the thread of a conversation when it has been interrupted.

談話一被打斷就很難重新接上話題。

They met after five years, and picked up their friendship as if there had been no interruption.

分別了5年之後他們又重逢了,繼續發展他們之間的友誼,就像他們從未分離過。

This sort of match picks up easily.

這種火柴容易點燃。

I picked up this girl on the train and I'm going to meet her again tonight.

我在火車上認識了這個姑娘,今晚我再去與她見面。

They happened to pick up each other in a park yesterday.

他們昨天在一個公園裡偶然認識。

I think she picked him up at a dance.

我想她是在一次舞會上搭上他的。

Some men go to dances just to see if they can pick up a girl for the night.

一些男人去跳舞就是想看看能不能找個姑娘共度良宵。

Mother told Cage not to walk home by herself from the party because some strangers might try to pick her up.

母親要凱奇晚會後不要單獨回家,因為可能會有陌生人想跟她搭訕。

The policeman took the woman to the police station for picking up men outside the hotel.

警察把那個在旅館外面拉男人的女人帶到警察局去。

Where did you pick up with that queer fellow?

你在哪裡結識那個怪傢伙的?

She's picked up with some peculiar people.

她勾搭上一些不三不四的人。

While reading this book,I have picked up twenty-five printing mistakes.

閱讀這本書時,我糾正了25個印刷錯誤。

I'm always having to pick up the children for rude behaviour.

我不得不一再糾正孩子們的無禮舉動。

They offered to pick up the bill for all the expenses of the trip.

他們表示願意支付全部旅行的費用。

It is the custom for the new wife's father to pick up the bill for the wedding.

依照風俗,由新娘的父親籌措婚禮的費用。

The government should pick up the bill for the damaged ship.

政府應該為那艘受損船隻承擔付款的責任。

He's said you can't possibly finish in time. Are you going to pick up the gauntlet?

他說你未必能按時完成,你打算接受他的挑戰嗎?

If you fail now, who will pick up the pieces?

你現在要是失敗了,誰來收拾殘局?

We must pick up the pieces of our political defeat, and start working towards the next election.

我們在政治上失敗后必須重整旗鼓,開始為下次的競選進行工作。

Their lives were shattered by the tragedy and they are still trying to pick up the pieces.

他們的生活被這場悲劇摧垮了,但他們仍儘力重新整頓。

Eby was posted there to pick up on the whereabouts of their enemies.

把伊比派到那裡是為了了解他們敵人的行蹤。

Haas had a rep for picking up on any information that might turn to be useful some day.

哈斯以掌握有朝一日可能有用的一切情報著稱。

I picked acquaintance with Mary in the park.

我在公園裡和瑪麗偶然相識。

Facer picked a bone with Haas this morning.

今天上午費塞跟哈斯發生了口角。

He picked a fight with his classmate.

他和他的同學打了一架。

Eby's going through a tiresome stage, always picking fights with his brother for no reason at all.

伊比正是淘氣的時候,總是和他的弟兄無緣無故打架。

When he gets a little drunk, he begins to pick a quarrel with whoever is at hand.

他喝得有幾分醉意后就開始與身旁的人吵架。

That dog will pick a quarrel with anyone he meets.

那隻狗碰到任何人都要叫。