撷取 (xié qǔ) — to pick, to select; to excerpt (often in a careful or literary manner)
Definition
Literary verb meaning 'to pick out / excerpt' the best parts from a larger body of text or data. Stronger than 摘 (zhāi) 'to pick/pluck' and more formal than 选取 'to select'.
verb
to pickto selectto excerpt (often in a careful or literary manner)
Examples
- 撷取。Tā cóng wén zhāng zhōng xié qǔ le yí duàn jīng cǎi de huà.He picked a wonderful passage from the article.
- 撷取。Kē xué jiā cóng shí yàn shù jù zhōng xié qǔ yǒu yòng de xìn xī.Scientists select useful information from experimental data.
- 撷取。Zhè běn shū xié qǔ le gǔ dài shī cí de jīng huá.This book distills the essence of classical poetry.
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