PHRASAL VERB 攫取(精华部分);捞取（钱财） If someone skims off the best part of something, or money which belongs to other people, they take it for themselves. 攫取(精华部分);捞取（钱财）
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He has been accused of skimming the cream off the economy. [VERB noun PREP. noun]
他被控从经济中捞取了丰厚的油水。
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Rich Italian clubs such as AC Milan cannot simply skim off all of Europe's stars. [VERB PREP. noun]
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。
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If I read this right, he skimmed off about thirty million. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
如果我没有理解错的话，他私吞了大约 3,000 万。
SYN embezzle, steal, misappropriate, trouser [slang]
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