skim off

英 [skɪm ɒf]

美 [skɪm ɔːf]

攫取（精华部分）; 捞取（钱财）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 攫取(精华部分);捞取（钱财）
  If someoneskims offthe best part of something, or money which belongs to other people, they take it for themselves.
  1. 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。
  2. Rich Italian clubs such as AC Milan cannot simply skim off all of Europe's stars...
     像 AC 米兰这样财大气粗的意大利足球俱乐部也不可能把欧洲所有的明星球员统统招到自己门下。
  3. If I read this right, he skimmed off about thirty million.
     如果我没有理解错的话，他私吞了大约 3,000 万。

英英释义

verb

• pick the best
  Synonym:cream off
• remove from the surface
  1. skim cream from the surface of milk
  Synonym:skimcream offcream

双语例句

• There are a hundred different ways to skim off the top.
  有上百种不同的方法都可以从中取利的。
• When you skim milk you take the thin layer of cream off the surface.
  撇牛乳就是把牛乳表面上薄薄一层的奶油撇去。
• Skim the fat off the soup.
  撇去汤面上的油。
• Will you please skim the fat off from the soup?
  请您把菜汤中的油脂撇去好吗？
• He tried to skim off the best players for the school team.
  他设法为校队选拔最好的球员。
• The Zulu crush and boil the seeds, skim off the oil and use it as a therapeutic body massage and the Venda people are said to use the oil to preserve meat.
  祖鲁人敲碎并煮熟种子，把油撇出来用于保健按摩。而据传文达人则将这种油用来保存肉类。
• 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。
• The gravy is too greasy; skim off some of the fat before you serve it.
  肉汁太油腻了；端上去以前先要把油脂撇去一些。
• Remember to skim off the fat from the soup before you give it to our guests.
  别忘了把汤上的浮油撇去，然后再端给我们的客人。
• Skim off the fat.
  将油脂撇去。