pick off
phrasal verbpick somebody off
- (informal) to aim carefully at a person, an animal or an aircraft, especially one of a group, and then shoot them
选择（目标）射击 - Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.
狙击手专拣无辜的平民射击。
- Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.
pick something off
- to remove something from something such as a tree, a plant, etc.
去除；剪除 - Pick off all the dead leaves.
把枯叶全部摘掉。
- Pick off all the dead leaves.