解释下这句话Strong,positive qualities that people could pick up on from across a room.

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解释下这句话Strong,positive qualities that people could pick up on from across a room.
前半句懂,就是后边那一堆介词,on from across a room...如何解
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l remember once...imagining what my life would be like,what l'd be like.
  l pictured having all these qualities.Strong,positive qualities...that people could pick up on from across a room.
  But as time passed...few ever became any qualities l actually had.
  And all the possibilities l faced,and the sorts of people l could be...all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer...
  until finally they got reduced to one...to who l am.
  And that's who l am...the weatherman.

pick up on 是一个词组,‘领悟,了解,注意到,与……熟悉起来’的意思
across a room原意跨越整个房间,引申为 在远处,从远处
所以,这个定语后置部分翻译为 这些人们可以从远处领悟到的(坚强,乐观,品质)