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

• I know the pickings are slim.
  我知道这样选机会很小。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gone is the period when headcount at a typical firm's China practice would grow by 20-30 per cent every year, and India, another of Asia's fastest-growing consulting markets, is also offering slimmer pickings.
  对一家典型的咨询公司来说，中国业务部门员工人数每年增长20%至30%的岁月已经过去，而亚洲另一个增幅最大的咨询市场&印度所带来的收入也在下降。
• TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week's offering was a vintage one.
  对那些经常在政界发掘到丰富素材的讥讽行家们来说，上周的供料真是绝佳题材。
• 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。
• Rich pickings For most of history even a first degree at a university was the privilege of a rich few, and many academic staff did not hold doctorates.
  从历史上看有相当一段时间，如果说进入一流大学读书还是少数富人才能得到的特权，甚至很多大学教师都没有博士学位。
• You think you ean find easier pickings here.
  你认为你在这里更容易挣钱。
• And the pickings are far too easy.
  采起来又太容易了。
• That leaves foreign investors limited to 49 per cent stakes in most listed companies to chase slim pickings in sectors such as retail.
  这让外国投资者（多数上市公司限制外资持有股份不超过49%）只能去追逐零售等行业的薄利机遇。