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poach是什么意思

poach

英[pəʊtʃ] |美[potʃ]
    v.水煮;偷猎;窃取;把…踏成泥浆
日语:密猟する 法语:pocher 德语:pochieren 韩语:짓밟다 俄语:escalfar

牛津词典

verb

  1. 水煮,炖,煨(尤指鱼)
    to cook food, especially fish, gently in a small amount of liquid
    1. poached salmon
      清炖鲑鱼
  2. 去壳水煮蛋
    to cook an egg gently in nearly boiling water after removing its shell
    1. (在他人地界)偷猎,偷捕
      to illegally hunt birds, animals or fish on sb else's property or without permission
      1. The elephants are poached for their tusks.
        为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
    2. 盗用;挖走(人员等)
      to take and use sb/sth that belongs to sb/sth else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way
      1. The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
        这家公司窃取了其主要竞争对手的合同。
      2. Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.
        我们公司有好几名职员被对手公司给挖走了。
      3. I hope I'm not poaching on your territory (= doing sth that is actually your responsibility) .
        但愿我没有侵犯你的职权。


    网络解释

    vt. 水煮;偷猎;窃取;把…踏成泥浆 vi. 偷猎;侵犯;剽窃



    词形变化

    现在分词:poaching 过去分词:poached 过去式:poached 第三人称单数:poaches



    中文词源

    poach 炖,煨poach 偷猎,偷捕

    来自古法语pochier,放入口袋,包起来,来自poche,包,包裹,来自Proto-Germanic*puk,袋子,来自PIE*bu,beu,鼓起,膨胀,词源同ball,pock,pouch.后用于比喻义像蛋白包裹着蛋黄,引申词义炖,煨,煮。词源不确定,可能来自法语pocher,装入口袋,词源同poach.或来自古法语pochier,刺,捅, 词源同poke.引申词义越界,偷猎,偷捕。



    双语例句

    1. Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils
      学校之间不应该相互竞争,也不应该企图挖走彼此的学生。
    2. Bake salmon in foil or poach in a light stock for 8-10 minutes.
      用箔纸包烤或用清汤蒸煮三文鱼8至10分钟。
    3. Poach the pears in apple juice for perhaps ten minutes at most.
      把梨放入苹果汁中,最多煮10分钟左右。
    4. Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game.
      很多野生动物园都时常遭到偷猎之徒的侵入。
    5. The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition.
      公司指使其职员挖对手的客户。
    6. The opposition parties complained that the government had poached their ideas.
      众反对党抱怨政府盗用它们的想法。
    7. He had a light breakfast of poached eggs and tea.
      他早餐就吃了点水煮荷包蛋,喝了点茶。
    8. Poach the chicken until just cooked.
      用文火把鸡肉煮到刚刚熟。
    9. The main course was to be a whole poached salmon.
      主菜将是一整条清炖鲑鱼。
    10. Put on a pan of water to simmer and gently poach the eggs.
      放一锅水,用文火煮荷包蛋。
    11. Unfortunately, the ease with which companies can poach information and the value of that information make it unlikely that transparency will become common practice.
      不幸的是,企业获取信息的便捷性和这类信息的价值使得透明度不可能成为普遍的做法。
    12. Poach for about 1-2 minutes, or until the egg whites have set and the yolk is still runny.
      煮1-2分钟,或直至蛋清凝固、蛋黄仍是液体的样子。
    13. I stole his bride. I guess it's OK to poach the florist.
      我偷了他的新娘,我想把他的花商偷来应该没问题吧。
    14. A fresh supply of legal ivory may depress the price, and reduce the incentive to poach.
      合法象牙的供应可能压低黑市的价格,进而降低非法猎杀大象的诱因。
    15. I mean, we want it to be special, I thought I'd poach a salmon.
      我认为,我们要搞的特别一点,我想煮条三文鱼。
    16. You poach him from my office?
      你把它从我办公室里偷走了?
    17. The swamp country is inclined to poach in winter. The engineers carried the highway across the marshland.
      这片沼泽地带在冬季一踏就陷下去了。工程师们把公路延长通过沼泽地带。
    18. Boil 3 cups of water, add salt and sugar, poach asparagus.
      将3杯水煮沸后加盐及糖,将露笋烚熟。
    19. Poach only if you think you can win the point.
      仅仅当你认为你能赢点的时刻,才上前偷袭(抓球)。
    20. They can't poach for herring form our waters.
      他们不可以在我国海域捕捞鲱鱼。
    21. Addressing the threats to tigers calls for innovative interventions which tackle the root causes of the problem – the incentives to poach tigers and their prey and to destroy habitats.
      要减少对老虎的威胁,就需要采取具有创新性的干预措施,解决问题的根源,即,偷猎老虎及其猎物和摧毁老虎栖息地的动机。
    22. Some one tried to poach our market manager; she grappled with her moral dilemma.
      有人狡计挖走我们的市场主管,面对这种德性困难,她举办了剧烈的思惟斗争。
    23. A quotation from the Bible came to my lips, but I held my tongue, for I know that clergymen think it a little blasphemous when the laity poach upon their preserves.
      《圣经》上的另一句话也到了我的唇边,但是我却控制着自己,没有说出来,因为我知道牧师不喜欢俗人侵犯他们的领域,他们认为这是有渎神明的。
    24. And it gives you that forehand volley up the middle to poach on my returns.
      而且这使你可以在中线正手上网抢打我的回球。
    25. Compensation has been a hurdle for Chinese state institutions trying to poach talent.
      薪酬问题是中国国有企业挖人的一个障碍。
    26. On a weekly basis there are new entrants into the Chinese market, which poach staff from other firms.
      每周都有新企业进入中国市场,它们从其它公司挖人。
    27. I won't fry your head if you don't poach my heart.
      如果你不挑逗我的心,我就不耍你。
    28. And I'm not about to let some puddle-headed peasant poach her from me.
      我可不想让那个石头脑袋的人从我身边夺走她。
    29. Blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions. The swamp country is inclined to poach in winter.
      新大陆沼泽地区略带黑色的蛇鸟。这片沼泽地带在冬季一踏就陷下去了。
    30. Rival investment banks are exploiting the upheaval at Morgan Stanley by trying to poach staff and clients.
      投资银行竞争对手纷纷利用这次变动“挖墙角”,把目标瞄准了摩根斯坦利的员工和客户。


    语源

    late Middle English: from Old French pochier, earlier in the sense enclose in a bag, from pochebag, pocketearly 16th cent. (in the sense push roughly together): apparently related to poke; sense 1 is perhaps partly from French pocherenclose in a bag (see poach)


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