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pick someone/something off phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/
(SHOOT) to shoot at one particular person, animal, or vehicle that you have chosen from a group: (有选择地)瞄准射中 The snipers picked the soldiers off one by one as they ran for cover.士兵们慌忙走避时,狙击手们将他们逐个击毙。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Murder & attempted murder asphyxiation assassinate assassination assassination attempt attempt butcher dispatch drive-by genocidal genocide gun someone down homicide infanticide pop off put someone to the swordidiom regicide rub rub something out slaughter throttle
(TAKE THE BEST) UK to take the best person or thing from a group: 挑选最佳的人选(或物件) It is relatively easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.新来人员较易挑选最有利润的业务而忽略其他业务。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taking and choosing adopt adopted adoption appoint bags I...idiom be your best betidiom cull empanel faute de mieux favoured filterable first choice picker Robin Hood select selection selective selectively skim you pays your money and you takes your choice/chanceidiom
pick off someone/something | American Dictionary
pick off someone/something phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/ to shoot a person or animal chosen out of a group, esp. from a distance |