pick on

sataşmak, üstüne gitmek, zorbalık etmek

Birini sürekli eleştirerek, onunla alay ederek veya başka yollarla kötü davranarak rahatsız etmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To repeatedly treat someone unkindly, especially by criticizing them or making fun of them.

• Stop picking on your sister.
• Some children picked on him because of his glasses.
• Why does the boss always pick on me?

Nasıl kullanılır: pick on someone (The older boys kept picking on him.)

Eş anlamlılar: bully, harass, tease

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pick on someone, pick on younger children

seçmek, görevlendirmek

Bir işi yapması için birini seçmek; çoğu zaman o kişi bunu yapmak istemez.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To choose someone to do something, often when they would rather not do it.

• The teacher picked on me to answer.
• She picked on Leo to carry the boxes.
• Why do you always pick on me for these jobs?

Nasıl kullanılır: pick on someone to do something (The teacher picked on me to read aloud.); pick on someone for something (They picked on Sam for the difficult job.)

Eş anlamlılar: choose, select, single out

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pick on someone, pick on a student