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词汇 cream off
释义
Phr V
cream off
creams, creaming, creamed
cream off sb or cream sb off
to separate the cleverest or most skillful people from a group and treat them differently
Their policy is to cream off the brightest children and place them in special schools.The best of the troops are creamed off for elite units.
cream off sth or cream sth off
informal to take some of a supply of money, especially in order to use it for yourself
During his 12 years as dictator he has creamed off 5% of the country's oil revenues.The government has creamed off large profits from the electricity supply industry.
cream off
verb to orgasm. Based on CREAM (to ejaculate) UK, 2000
phrasecream off1. cream off sthcream sth off BrE informal to take the profits from something or the best part of something for yourself, your company etc in a way that seems unfair or illegal: Most of the profits are creamed off by insider dealers. The suggested increase in tax would cream off a good deal of the extra money that people now have. Private bus companies just cream off the most profitable routes, leaving many people without a decent bus service. SIMILAR TO: skim off2. cream off sbcream sb off to take the cleverest or most skilful people in a group away from the others, and treat them in a special way or give them special training: The more academic children were creamed off at the age of eleven and sent to grammar schools. We employ lots of people at junior management level, and then cream off the best for top management positions.
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