cream off
英 [kriːm ɒf]
美 [kriːm ɔːf]
选取（精英）; 提取（精华）; 取走（一大笔钱）
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 选取(精英);提取(精华)
Tocream offpart of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.- The private schools cream off many of the best pupils.
私立学校招走了很多优秀的学生。
- The private schools cream off many of the best pupils.
- PHRASAL VERB 取走(一大笔钱)
If a person or organizationcreams offa large amount of money, they take it and use it for themselves.- This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms...
这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。 - Funds raised through selling these magazines are creamed off to support armed violence.
通过出售这些杂志筹集到的资金现在被用来支持武装暴乱。
- This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms...
英英释义
verb
- pick the best
- remove from the surface
- skim cream from the surface of milk
双语例句
- He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy
他被控从经济中捞取了丰厚的油水。 - He also acquired tithes on local produce, including corn, grain and hay, allowing him to cream off the profits from others 'manual work.
他还从玉米、谷物、干草等农产品中牟取什一税，也就是从他人的血汗中榨取利润。 - The private schools cream off many of the best pupils.
私立学校招走了很多优秀的学生。 - Sales of ice cream have begun to drop off significantly now that summer is over.
夏天过去了，冰淇淋的销售量已开始明显下降。 - A large meringue is heaped all over the ice cream, sealing it off from oven heat.
把厚厚的一层蛋白酥皮浇在冰淇淋上面，使之与烤箱中的温度隔绝。 - Thanks to a housing bubble, your joint investment has paid off and you would now like to cream off some additional upside.
由于房地产泡沫，你们的联合投资取得了回报，而你现在想多得到一些收益。 - They believe these findings could pave the way for a cream which "switches off" wrinkles, doing away with the perceived need for collagen injections or plastic surgery.
研究人员认为这些新发现可为“去皱霜”的研制开辟新道路，同时打消人们注射胶原蛋白、做整形手术的念头。 - She scrubbed the cold cream off her face with a tissue.
她用化妆纸擦去脸上的冷霜。 - This moment, the entire physical and mental, including every piece of muscle is like ice cream to melt off from the same.
这一刻，整个身心，包括每一块肌肉都像冰激淋一样融化开来。 - Essex resident Milton McKenzie said: "How can we have a situation where we have people out of work and the bankers just cream it off, helped by the government?"
埃塞克斯的居民米尔顿•梅克肯契说：“我们怎么能接受这样一个局面，一边是大量失业的人们，另一边却是得到政府支援、从社会牟取最大利益的银行家？”