He had made it his business to surround himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers.

他把确保身边有自己亲手挑选的一群聪明的年轻军官当作自己的职责。

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There may be reasons you want to pick and choose recommendations; however, be aware that the performance benefit of your hand-picked set is unknown.

也许，由于某些原因，您希望挑选建议；但是您需要弄清楚的是，您所挑选的建议集带来的性能好处是未知的。

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Some of the local staff there seem to have been hand-picked for their rudeness.

很多地方工作人员看起来就是因为他们的粗鲁而被挑选出的。

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Rand Paul,a grassroots conservative activist candidate, running under the "Tea Party" banner, scored a blowout win over the hand-picked Republican establishment candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson.

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They were, after all, hand picked.

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