| 单词 | hive off |
| 释义 | hive offphrasal verb If someone hives off part of a business, they transfer it to new ownership, usually by selling it. [mainly British] Klockner plans to hive off its loss-making steel businesses. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Lufthansa had originally planned to hive off its domestic operations into a subsidiary,Lufthansa Express. [VP n (not pron) into/to n] [Also V n P, V n P into/to n]More Synonyms of hive off See full dictionary entry for hivehive off in British Englishverb (adverb) 1. to transfer or be transferred from a larger group or unit 2. (usually tr) to transfer (profitable activities of a nationalized industry) back to private ownership hive off in American English1. to depart from a group 2. to separate from the whole hived off the first graders to another playground Synonyms of 'hive off'sell (off), dispose of, put up for sale More Synonyms of hive off Chinese translation of 'hive off'hive off (esp Brit) (inf) vt
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