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单词 hive off
释义 hive off
I. intransitive verb
: to break away from a group like a swarm from a hive of bees
 < a portion of a nation hives off to a new territory and builds a new nationalism of its own — R.M.MacIver >
II. verb
transitive verb
chiefly Britain : to make separate: as
 a. : to remove from a group
  < hived off a number of girls for special treatment — Barry Hill >
 b. : to assign (as assets or responsibilities) to another : relinquish control of
  < administrative responsibilities … have been hived off to ad hoc agencies — A.H.Hanson & Malcolm Walles >
 c. : to spin off
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