pickings

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Welfare benefits provide a rich source of pickings for dodgy officials.
福利救濟(jì)金更是為不肖官員提供賺取不義之財(cái)?shù)呢S富來(lái)源。
Like Portugal, Spain and Ireland will sell some crown jewels, and the buyers may find rich pickings in the rubble.
像葡萄牙一樣，西班牙和愛(ài)爾蘭也將出售一些皇冠上的珠寶，買(mǎi)家們這回算是撿著大便宜了。
TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week's offering was a vintage one.
對(duì)那些經(jīng)常在政界發(fā)掘到豐富素材的譏諷行家們來(lái)說(shuō)，上周的供料真是絕佳題材。

There will be room for Fidelity Investments and Citicorp, too, but the pickings won't be easy.
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Of course, there are plenty of con artists who find easy pickings among the gullible.
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Better yet, the pickings have gotten better since the dot-com fallout in 2001 and 2002.
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You can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as the pickings.