pick apart

1. For example, frequently a function will want to pick apart the contents of a list.
   例如，函数通常从列表中挑选内容。
2. He had them bring him an ax and a pick so that he could break the pigeon coop apart, but no one was inside.
   於是，他要人去拿来一柄斧子，当他们砸开鸽子房门时，里面却已空无一人。
3. With South African President F.W. de Klerk, whom he had met secretly with other apartheid officials in prison, Mr. Mandela would pick apart the machinery of white political domination through painstaking negotiations.
   由于德克勒克（F.W.deKlerk）当时担任南非总统，曼德拉愿通过艰苦谈判来废除这部白人统治政坛的机器。德克勒克与其他反种族隔离官员曾在狱中秘密会见过曼德拉。
4. It's easy to pick them apart when two key players are hurting and they're playing a superior team, but the fact remains they have the chips to pair Kobe with another star and make a serious run.
   当队中两名关键球员都受伤的时候湖人很容易被战胜，之外他们是一支很有气质的球队。
5. We cannot move forward if cynics and critics swoop down and pick apart anything that goes wrong to a point where we lose sight of what is right, decent, and uniquely good about America.
   如果听任那些愤世嫉俗者和吹毛求疵的人不分青红皂白，不论事情大小都大做文章，那么我们就看不出美国正确、体面和独有的长处。这样的话，我们就不会前进。
6. No matter how wonderful a TV programme is, there are always people who like to pick it apart.
   无论一个电视节目多么精彩，总有人要挑它的毛病。
7. The question was: If you could pick one politician apart from yourself to win who would it be and why?
   问题是：如果让你选一位除你自己以外的政治家当选首相，你会选谁？为什么？

verb

1. find fault with
   1. The paper criticized the new movie
   2. Don't knock the food--it's free

   Synonym:    knockcriticizecriticise