pickings

noun

1. 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。

1. 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 the pickings.
   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。

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. They'll look for easier pickings elsewhere.
   他们将在其他地方寻找可乘之机。
3. Foreigners are student visas hoping to stick around the country after graduation may find slim pickings in the job market.
   希望毕业后留在美国的留学生，可能会发现就业市场上机会甚少。
4. 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。
5. I know the pickings are slim.
   我知道这样选机会很小。
6. Pickpockets are attracted to large crowds because of rich pickings.
   小偷喜欢混到大堆人群中，因为那里便于行窃。
7. The pickings are richest for the biggest companies by market capitalisation.
   对那些市值最大的公司来说，机会比比皆是。
8. Often there are slim pickings by the time that last orientation session rolls around.
   通常在最后一次会议举行之前只有一些少量的选择。
9. Pickings here in the exercise yard are pretty slim.
   这儿的操场上几乎捡不到的。
10. The Middle East, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, could also offer rich pickings, particularly if oil prices continue to hold up.
    包括阿联酋、巴林、沙特阿拉伯、科威特和卡塔尔在内的中东地区，投资回报也会颇为丰厚，尤其是如果油价持续上涨的话。
11. In fact, I was not sorry she came, for there are but meager pickings here, and she brought some of those apples.
    事实上，我并不因为她的到来而不高兴困为留在平原上的残果都又瘦又小。
12. 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。
13. The European Central Bank, like the US Federal Reserve in 2008, has sought to reassure markets by providing generous liquidity, but collateral quality is declining as the better pickings on bank balance sheets are used up.
    欧洲央行（ecb）像2008年的美联储（usfed）一样，想要以大量流动性安抚市场，但随着银行资产负债表上质量较好的资产已经用尽，抵押品的质量正在下降。
14. Rich pickings: Funding opportunities for R& D are plentiful in old member states, but for biotechs in many member states finding support can be harder.
    丰富的容易取得之财：对研发的资助机会在原来的成员国是许多的，但是对于生物技术，在很多成员国中找到支持可能是更加困难的。
15. 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。
16. In the hours before a Grand Prix, the pit lane is the place to be seen, full of famous faces and celebrity names, all providing rich pickings for the photographers and camera teams.
    在每次大奖赛之前的几个小时中，维修站通道是最吸引人的地方，那里到处都是著名的面孔和名人的身影，给那些摄影师和电视转播人员们提供了丰富的素材。
17. Partly as a consequence, they can offer rich pickings.
    在一定程度上，正由于这个原因，这些行业也孕育着巨大的商机。
18. 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。
19. If China does not do this, Japanese, Korean and European makers will ruthlessly take away the prize pickings and strengthen their position in the U.
    如果中国不这样做，韩国、日本或者欧洲的汽车制造商将无情地占走这个便宜并巩固他们在美国市场的地位。
20. 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。
21. Once the race is decided, analysts believe there will be rich pickings.
    分析师认为，一旦决出胜负，这个市场上的盈利将十分丰厚。
22. You think you ean find easier pickings here.
    你认为你在这里更容易挣钱。
23. And the pickings are far too easy.
    采起来又太容易了。
24. Restaurants are also not generally elusive or pricey, but we found the evening pickings scarce in the uplands town of Kuala Lipis, which was a prosperous state capital during a colonial mining boom.
    餐馆一般不难找到，价格也不贵，但我们发现在内陆小镇瓜拉立卑，晚上可供选择的餐馆不多。在殖民地采矿业的兴旺时期，瓜拉立卑曾是繁荣的州首府。
25. I figure one Wraith by himself is easy pickings.
    我发现一个幽灵是很容易对付的。
26. This one is a corsair from the Basilisk Islands who believed the Rhoyne would offer richer pickings than the Summer Sea.
    现任这位是一个来自巴斯里斯克群岛的海盗，他相信罗伊达河会带来比盛夏海更丰饶的东西。
27. 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。
28. 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。

noun

1. 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