1PHRASAL VERB 选取(精英);提取(精华) To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others. 选取(精英);提取(精华) [disapproval]
The private schools cream off many of the best pupils. [VERBPREP. noun]
私立学校招走了很多优秀的学生。
2PHRASAL VERB 取走(一大笔钱) If a person or organization creams off a large amount of money, they take it and use it for themselves. 取走(一大笔钱) [informal, disapproval]
This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms. [VERBPREP. noun]
这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。
Funds raised through selling these magazines are creamed off to support armed violence. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]