poach
[pəutʃ]
vt.(侵入他人地界)偷猎(或捕鱼), 水煮, 侵占, 挖走
例句与用法:
Rival salesmen were poaching on his territory.
这些推销员是竞争对手,却跑到他的地盘来兜生意。
A rival firm poached our best computer programmers.
我公司的竞争对手把我们最好的计算机程序编制员挖走了。
A new political party usually poaches ideas from its rivals.
新政党往往把敌对政党的思想攫为己有。
词形变化:
形容词: poachable | 动词过去式: poached | 动词过去分词: poached | 动词现在分词: poaching | 动词第三人称单数: poaches |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 水煮(蛋)
poached eggs and beans
水煮鸡蛋和豆
2. 用文火煮; 隔水炖
vt.
1. (侵入他人地界)偷猎(或偷捕); 偷猎; 偷捕[(+from)]
They can't poach herring from our waters.
他们不能从我们水域偷捕鲱鱼。
2. 侵占, 侵犯; 窃取
3. 不公平地占取(便宜等)
poach a start in a race
比赛中偷跑
vi.
侵入他人地界; 偷猎; 偷捕[(+on)]
We shall see the computer beginning to poach on the preserves of human beings.
我们将看到计算机开始侵入本是人类独有的活动范围。