Sometimes it's objective sometimes it's corporate politics and sometimes it's frankly about who brown-nosed the best.

Our man had wisely decided to be picked up at the farm.

我们头儿作出了英明决定——让人来农场接他。

He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.

他熟练地撬开每一把锁，把每个抽屉里的文件都偷走了。

He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.

他一把抓住狗的脖子把它拎起来。

Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously.

莉兹拿起蓝色信封，好奇地翻过来看。

Twelve extremely good-looking, smooth young men have been picked as finalists.

12名特别漂亮精明的青年男子被选为参加决赛的选手。

Monica picked up her Biro and revolved it between her teeth.

莫妮卡拿起她的伯罗圆珠笔，放在牙齿间转动着。

He picked up the knife and gave it to me.

他捡起刀子递给我。

He picked up his suitcase and climbed the stairs.

他拎起手提箱,爬上了楼梯.

He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly.

他捡起一支铅笔，无所事事地摆弄着。

They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.

他们因吃错东西而得了很严重的感染症。

The market always picks up in the spring.

一到春天市场就活跃了.

He always picks on small points to criticize.

他老是吹毛求疵.

We replaced hand picks with pneumatic picks and electric drills.

我们把手镐换成风镐和电钻.

The professor always picks on me to translate long passages.

教授老是要我做长篇翻译.

She picks up the picture idly, turns it this way and that.

她随手拿起那张照片,放在手中左右端详.

That lady-killer picks up new girls every Saturday night.

那个帅哥每个星期六晚上都找不同的新女孩约会.

For want of a richer word he picks up the military expression.

他想不出更生动贴切的字眼,就用了这个部队术语.

The rattle of their picks was what woke me from my musing.

他们的鹤嘴锄发出来的卡嗒卡嗒声使我从沉思中清醒过来.

We're waiting until the weather picks up a bit.

我们等到天气好些再说.

Formerly the coal was dug with picks and spades.

从前用镐和铁锹采煤.