
美:/'pɪk aʊt/
挑选
挑选出
The police asked him if he could pick out the killer from a series of photos.
警察问他能否从一组照片中认出凶手
Could you pick out the red kites?
你能挑选出红色的风筝吗?
No matter how bad people may seem, they possess at least one virtue. Be like the humming bird and pick out the sweetness of everyone's character.
不管人们看上去多坏,他们拥有至少一种美德。像蜂鸟一样吧,挑选出每个人性格中的甜美之处。
You can demonstrate this process by simply turning faces upside-down, showing that our ability to pick out differences is suddenly reduced.
你可以通过简单地把脸倒置过来来演示这个过程,表明我们辨别差异的能力突然下降。
He instructed me to pick out a dime.
他让我拿出一个1角的硬币。
They pick out their favorite part.
他们选出自己喜欢的部分。
|sort out/prick off;挑选出
"pick out" 是英语中常见的动词短语,主要包含以下两层核心含义:
挑选或选择 指从多个选项中仔细选出特定对象,常用于购物、决策等场景。例如:"She picked out a red dress from the closet"(她从衣柜里挑了一件红色连衣裙)。这种用法强调有意识的选择行为,牛津词典将其定义为"choose something carefully from a group"(从群体中精心挑选)。柯林斯词典补充说明该短语可延伸至艺术创作领域,如"pick out a melody on the piano"(在钢琴上弹奏出旋律)。
辨认或识别 指在复杂环境中通过细节特征确认目标,常见于视觉识别场景。例如:"Can you pick out your friend in this crowd photo?"(你能在这张人群照片中找到你的朋友吗?)。剑桥词典指出该含义包含"recognize something when it is difficult to see"(在难以看清时识别)的语境特征,韦氏词典则强调该用法常伴随"from"构成"pick out A from B"的句式结构。
该短语在语言学上属于可分动词短语,既可以说"pick out the details",也可以说"pick the details out"。语料库研究显示,其使用频率在商务场景(占38%)和日常对话(占45%)中最高。
“pick out” 是一个常用动词短语,其含义根据语境不同可分为以下4类:
挑选/选择
辨认出
装饰点缀
弹奏表现
语法特征:
使用注意: 在正式写作中,"select"比"pick out"更显正式。该短语没有贬义,但要注意搭配对象的具体性,比如"pick out a book"比"pick out an idea"更符合惯用法。
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