plucking

• The poor student was plucked in his examination ...
  那个差生未考上。
• He can not pluck up the courage to leave home ..
  他鼓不起离开家的勇气。
• A violent wind plucked the sails to bits .
  一阵狂风把帆撕碎了。
• A drowning man plucks at a straw .
  溺水的人连稻草也要抓。
• You pull my hair as if you were plucking up a weed .
  你拉我的头发就象是在拔杂草。
• A stranger plucked at my sleeve as i was leaving .
  我刚要离去，一个陌生人拽我的袖子。
• I shall have to pluck up courage and speak to her about it .
  我得鼓起勇气跟她谈这件事。
• Rock underlying glaciers is eroded by plucking .
  冰川下面的岩石则是通过拔削作用被侵蚀的。
• She showed a lot of pluck in dealing with the intruders .
  她对付那些入侵者表现得十分勇敢。
• Uncle hoskins had simply been plucked from our midst .
  霍斯金姨父是被人从我们中间给拉走了。