pick on

英 [pɪk ɒn]

美 [pɪk ɑːn]

跟…找碴; 故意刁难; 挑中; 选中

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 找…的岔子；故意刁难
  If someonepicks onyou, they repeatedly criticize you unfairly or treat you unkindly.
  1. Bullies pick on younger children...
     坏孩子专挑年纪更小的孩子欺负。
  2. Mr Adams was repeatedly bullied and picked on by manageress Elizabeth Archer.
     女经理伊丽莎白·阿彻多次胁迫和刁难亚当斯先生。
• PHRASAL VERB 挑中；选中
  If someonepicks ona particular person or thing, they choose them, for example for special attention or treatment.
  1. When you have made up your mind, pick on a day when you will not be under much stress...
     你什么时候下决心了，就挑一个压力不大的日子。
  2. I picked on simple things — rice and peas, meat and bread.
     我选了些简单的：豌豆米饭和夹肉面包。

双语例句

• Bullies pick on younger children
  坏孩子专挑年纪更小的孩子欺负。
• You use foreleg pick on the wall, and he placed trumpets vertical Wells, I jumped from your back well, again pull you up, we were saved.
  你用前脚扒在井墙上，再把角竖直了，我从你后背跳上井去，再拉你上来，我们就都得救了。
• He is deliberately trying to pick on us.
  他这明显是跟我们过不去，没事找事嘛！
• Why pick on me every time?
  为什么每次都怪我？
• When the wolf is rampant, why pick on the fox?
  豺狼当道，安问狐狸。（《后汉书》）
• Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?
  马尔文：为什么选中我？
• You must tell Mark not to pick on me.
  你必须告诉马克不要挑我的毛病。
• When you have made up your mind, pick on a day when you will not be under much stress
  你什么时候下决心了，就挑一个压力不大的日子。
• Why do you always pick on me to do such a difficult task?
  你为什么总是挑我做这种困难的工作？
• The God of Thunder strikes the beancurd; bullies pick on the soft and weak.
  闪电和打雷相隔的时间雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺。