英语词汇“cream something off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cream something off

1Take the best of (a group of people or things), especially in a way that is considered unfair: the schools cream off some of the more able pupils...

Lucky or prescient players would win fabulous prizes, and pure, unbiased, aggregate intelligence could be creamed off the top because markets always get it right in the end.
Now admittedly, this is largely because of the fees being creamed off by the investment managers.
The specialized schools will continue to cream off the very best of our students, while the marginal and challenged are left behind in the general high school population.

Synonyms

pick and choose

informal cherry-pick

1.1Make (an excessive profit) on a transaction: they have been accused of creaming off fat profits in house insurance commission...

I take the risk, the government creams off some of my profit.
Both firms contend that they have not been creaming off massive profits from the deal, but have been covering only their costs over the enormous work involved.
In theory they can offer cheap loans because they are run by volunteers and there are no shareholders creaming off the profits.

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单词	cream something off
释义	cream something off 1Take the best of (a group of people or things), especially in a way that is considered unfair: the schools cream off some of the more able pupils... Lucky or prescient players would win fabulous prizes, and pure, unbiased, aggregate intelligence could be creamed off the top because markets always get it right in the end. Now admittedly, this is largely because of the fees being creamed off by the investment managers. The specialized schools will continue to cream off the very best of our students, while the marginal and challenged are left behind in the general high school population. Synonyms pick and choose informal cherry-pick 1.1Make (an excessive profit) on a transaction: they have been accused of creaming off fat profits in house insurance commission... I take the risk, the government creams off some of my profit. Both firms contend that they have not been creaming off massive profits from the deal, but have been covering only their costs over the enormous work involved. In theory they can offer cheap loans because they are run by volunteers and there are no shareholders creaming off the profits. See parent entry: cream
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