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