词汇 | channel (something) off |
释义 | channel (something) off1. To remove or redirect something, usually a liquid, through a channel. You move things to higher ground while I try to channel some of this water off. 2. To squander resources, such as money or time. Look, the company won't give us any more money for this initiative if those guys keep channeling it off. channel something off1. Lit. to drain off water or some other liquid through a channel. The front yard is flooded, and we will have to channel the water off. Let's channel off the water before it gets too deep. 2. Fig. to drain off or waste energy, money, effort, etc. Unemployment channeled their resources off. The war channeled off most of the resources of the country. |
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