English Dictionary

cherry-pick

動詞

慣用表現 広義 修辞法 アメリカ英語

(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.

日本語の意味

リストや集団から、特に魅力的または有利とされるものだけを選び出すこと。 / 目的達成や有利な状況を得るために、最も好都合なものや最適な要素を抽出する行為。

The manager seemed determined to cherry-pick only the positive statistics to present the project as a success.

そのマネージャーは、プロジェクトを成功しているように見せるために、好都合な統計だけを選び出そうとしていた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.

Those stations that will send CNN tapes of their local and regional news for CNN to cherry-pick from, in turn will be allowed to cherry-pick themselves.

意味（2）

(rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.

From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.

意味（3）

(US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.

意味（4）

(US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.

cherry-picks （ present singular third-person ）

cherry-picking （ participle present ）

cherry-picked （ participle past ）

cherry-picked （ past ）