英语词汇“to pick the low-hanging fruit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

low-hanging fruit n. figurative the most readily accomplished tasks, measures, or goals; those things that most easily bring a profit or other successful result; frequently in to pick (also pluck) the low-hanging fruit; cf. cherry-picking n. 2.

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1968 P. J. Kavanaugh in Guardian 12 July 6/3 His rare images are picked aptly, easily, like low-hanging fruit.]

1972 Proc. Manufacturing Productivity Conf. (Soc. Manufacturing Engineers) 59 We have plucked the low hanging fruit, so to speak, and have seized upon the somewhat obvious applications for keeping records and the like.

1981 Fortune 29 July 54/3 Intel started with what Nevin calls ‘the low-hanging fruit’, departments with routine activities, such as accounts-payable and personnel records, that are relatively easy to streamline and that provide rapid proof of the program's effectiveness.

1995 Acad. of Managem. Rev. 20 993 In the early stages of pollution prevention, there is a great deal of ‘low-hanging fruit’—easy and inexpensive behavioral and material changes that result in large emission reductions relative to costs.

2003 New Scientist 11 Jan. 48/1 It is simply more difficult to produce new drugs. All the low-hanging fruit has been picked and a treatment found for many of the simple illnesses.

2012 Independent 15 Oct. 49/1 Foreign expats have always been a high-yielding target for HMRC, and with the organisation trying to boost its revenue, it's not surprising that they're targeting low-hanging fruit.

单词	to pick the low-hanging fruit
释义	> as lemmas to pick (also pluck) the low-hanging fruit low-hanging fruit n. figurative the most readily accomplished tasks, measures, or goals; those things that most easily bring a profit or other successful result; frequently in to pick (also pluck) the low-hanging fruit; cf. cherry-picking n. 2. ΚΠ 1968 P. J. Kavanaugh in Guardian 12 July 6/3 His rare images are picked aptly, easily, like low-hanging fruit.] 1972 Proc. Manufacturing Productivity Conf. (Soc. Manufacturing Engineers) 59 We have plucked the low hanging fruit, so to speak, and have seized upon the somewhat obvious applications for keeping records and the like. 1981 Fortune 29 July 54/3 Intel started with what Nevin calls ‘the low-hanging fruit’, departments with routine activities, such as accounts-payable and personnel records, that are relatively easy to streamline and that provide rapid proof of the program's effectiveness. 1995 Acad. of Managem. Rev. 20 993 In the early stages of pollution prevention, there is a great deal of ‘low-hanging fruit’—easy and inexpensive behavioral and material changes that result in large emission reductions relative to costs. 2003 New Scientist 11 Jan. 48/1 It is simply more difficult to produce new drugs. All the low-hanging fruit has been picked and a treatment found for many of the simple illnesses. 2012 Independent 15 Oct. 49/1 Foreign expats have always been a high-yielding target for HMRC, and with the organisation trying to boost its revenue, it's not surprising that they're targeting low-hanging fruit. extracted from low-hangingadj. < as lemmas
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