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单词 cherry-picks
释义

cherry-pick

verb

cher·​ry-pick ˈcher-ē-ˌpik How to pronounce cherry-pick (audio)
cherry-picked; cherry-picking; cherry-picks

intransitive verb

: to select the best or most desirable

transitive verb

: to select as being the best or most desirable
also : to select the best or most desirable from
cherry-picked the art collection

Synonyms

  • choose
  • cull
  • elect
  • handpick
  • name
  • opt (for)
  • pick
  • prefer
  • select
  • single (out)
  • tag
  • take
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Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

cherry-picks

verb

present tense third-person singular of cherry-pick
as in selects
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • selects
  • chooses
  • picks
  • culls
  • elects
  • prefers
  • takes
  • names
  • handpicks
  • designates
  • tags
  • nominates
  • accepts
  • adopts
  • embraces
  • appoints
  • espouses
  • opts (for)
  • taps
  • singles (out)
  • preselects
  • sets
  • tabs
  • marks
  • fixes
  • settles (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rejects
  • refuses
  • declines
  • repudiates
  • spurns
  • disapproves
  • discards
  • negatives
  • turns down
  • jettisons
  • throws away
  • throws out
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