N-PLURAL You can refer to the money that can be made easily in a particular place or area of activity as the pickings. (得来容易的)钱财 [usu supp N]
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。
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。
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。
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