There were only slim pickings to be made at the fair.

在交易会上只能捞些小油水。

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。

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。

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。

Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home: farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings.

冒险进入这片土地，你就会对任何一个把这里称为家的人所面临的困难有一些了解：耕作是不可能的，而大自然却只能提供微薄的收成。

They'll look for easier pickings elsewhere.

他们将在其他地方寻找可乘之机。

Big projects offer the richest pickings too.

大工程为那些有钱人提供外快。

The easiest pickings were bikes secured with cheap locks.

最好偷的是那些用廉价锁的自行车。

But the richest pickings are undoubtedly to be found in the Gulf.

但是最大的财富无疑还是来自海湾地区。

Unfortunately Mr Giannoulias's record offers rich pickings for Republicans.

不幸的是，正是Gian noulias先生的事迹带给了共和党人丰富的选择空间。

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。

Mr. Rokaya, the shepherd, was cautious in his appraisal of the day's pickings.

对于当天的采摘，牧民罗卡亚的评价比较谨慎。

Yolardis said that she visited the store often and at best there were slim pickings.

尤拉迪丝告诉我说，她经常逛这家商店，可是，充其量只能淘到一些偏瘦的衣服。

You can modify all the peak pickings and integrations by right click at their places.

在此得到的所有峰值和积分你都可以更改。

The pickings were supposed to be coppers given you when you took work home to a customer.

他们的利润被认为是给你的铜钱当你下班回家了客户。

Because exposed out on the sand, they're easy pickings for birds interested in a rodent repast.

因为一旦它们暴露在沙滩上便很容易被鸟儿捕食。

'We have frankly easy pickings; the quality is there for the taking,' Chief Executive Daryl Dulaney said.

该公司首席执行长杜兰尼(Daryl Dulaney)说，坦白地讲，我们很容易选到人，质量是不愁没有的。

But there will still be rich pickings in the extended continental shelf that is up for grabs by May 13th.

但在5月13日之前，仍然是各国申请延伸大陆架、抓住这片丰富海底宝藏的最后机会。

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。

The pickings were slim. Parents worked late, and many lacked the English skills to enforce or help with homework.

不过收获很小，家长们都工作到很晚，许多都没有英语技能去加强或者帮助孩子们的作业。

Like Portugal, Spain and Ireland will sell some crown jewels, and the buyers may find rich pickings in the rubble.

像葡萄牙一样，西班牙和爱尔兰也将出售一些皇冠上的珠宝，买家们这回算是捡着大便宜了。

Bigger funds, which have economies of scale, might be able to survive for another few years on these paltry pickings.

由于规模经济，较大的基金也许还能靠着微薄的利润再撑几年，但小基金不行。

Perhaps there is nothing you can do to reduce costs and in that case the buyer will often move on to easier pickings.

可能你没办法降低成本，这时候采购员通常会选择更简单的提货。

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。

Hastings thinks the newly identified species, named Cerrejonisuchus improcerus, would've been easy pickings for Titanoboa.

哈斯汀认为，这种新发现的、命名为“Cerrejonisuchus improcerus ”的生物，是不会被泰坦莽轻而易举捕食的。

To date, the official Android Market has had slim pickings when it comes to document editing, with the majority of apps being simple notepads.

到目前为止，官方的Android Market在文本编辑应用领域的收入微不足道，大多数应用只是简单的笔记本程序。

The days of easy pickings for hedge funds and their sponsor Banks which traded credit-derivative insurance and other exotic debt instruments are over.

那些对信用衍生品保险和其他别出心裁债务工具做交易的对冲基金及其担保银行不费吹灰之力就能大捞一笔的日子一去不复还了。

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。