cream off
提取（精华）、选取或筛选（最好的人或物）；捞取利益、榨取金钱、侵占资源
短语在句中的结构为：cream sb/sth↔off
一、提取（精华）、选取或筛选（最好的人或物），如：
The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.
最好的学生都已被文法学校录取。
Top medical schools always cream off the students with the highest scores in biology and chemistry.
顶尖医学院总会挑选出生物和化学成绩最高的学生。
The fashion brand creamed 10 emerging designers off the graduate show to launch its ‘New Talent’ collection.
该时尚品牌从毕业生作品展中挑选出10位新锐设计师，用于推出“新锐人才”系列服饰。
The charity organization creamed the most dedicated volunteers off its local branches to lead the disaster relief work.
这家慈善机构从地方分支机构中挑选出最尽职尽责的志愿者，带领救灾工作。
The national soccer team creamed the most promising young players off local clubs for the upcoming World Cup qualifier.
国家足球队从地方俱乐部中挑选出最有潜力的年轻球员，备战即将到来的世界杯预选赛。
The commando unit creamed off the most physically fit and mentally tough soldiers from the army for the mission.
这支突击队从陆军中挑选出身体最强健、意志最坚定的士兵执行任务。
The tech giant creamed the most experienced software engineers off small startups to develop its new AI project.
这家科技巨头从小型初创公司中挑选出最有经验的软件工程师，用于开发新的人工智能项目。
The curator creamed off 50 classic paintings from the museum’s collection for the international art exhibition.
策展人从博物馆藏品中挑选出50幅经典画作，用于国际艺术展。
The foreign ministry creamed off its diplomats fluent in 3+ languages to attend the G20 summit.
外交部挑选出精通3门以上语言的外交官参加二十国集团峰会。
She tends to cream off people with sincere personalities at parties, as she hates superficial interactions.
她在派对上总爱挑选性格真诚的人交往，因为她讨厌表面化的互动。
The Goblet of Fire will cream off the three bravest students from each school—one for Hogwarts, one for Beauxbatons, one for Durmstrang. 《哈利·波特与火焰杯》
火焰杯会从每所学校中挑选出最勇敢的三名学生——一名来自霍格沃茨，一名来自布斯巴顿，一名来自德姆斯特朗。
二、捞取利益、榨取金钱、侵占资源；如，
Private contractors creamed off half the budget for the public road project.
私人承包商从公路公共项目中榨取了一半预算。
The foreign investor creamed off 70% of the profits from the joint venture, leaving the local partner in loss.
这位外国投资者从合资企业中榨取了70%的利润，导致本地合作方亏损。
During the divorce, he tried to cream off the family’s real estate and savings, ignoring their kids’ living costs.
离婚时，他试图侵占家里的房产和存款，完全不顾孩子的生活费。
The team leader creamed off all the bonus for the project, even though his subordinates did most of the work.
尽管下属完成了项目的大部分工作，组长却独占了所有奖金。
Local officials were accused of creaming off public funds meant for rural school construction."
当地官员被指控侵占原本用于农村学校建设的公共资金。
Some small companies creamed off government subsidies by faking their ‘green energy’ projects.
部分小公司通过伪造“绿色能源”项目，骗取政府补贴。
Those corporations don’t care about the poor—they just cream off subsidies from the government and call it ‘job creation’. 《纸牌屋》
那些企业根本不在乎穷人——他们只是从政府那里捞取补贴，还美其名曰“创造就业”。
The lawyer was charged with creaming a large sum of compensation off his client’s personal injury claim.
该律师被指控从客户的人身伤害索赔中侵占了一大笔赔偿款。
The charity director creamed donations off meant for orphanages to buy a luxury car for himself.
该慈善机构负责人从原本用于孤儿院的捐款中挪用资金，为自己购买豪华轿车。
The small advertising firm creamed half the client’s budget off by fabricating fake ‘user engagement’ data.
这家小型广告公司通过伪造虚假的“用户互动”数据，骗取了客户一半的预算费用。
Some farmers creamed agricultural subsidies off the government by overstating their crop loss due to natural disasters.
部分农民通过夸大自然灾害导致的作物损失，从政府那里侵占农业补贴。
The foreign trade agent creamed 15% of the profit off each import deal by hiding the actual purchase price from the domestic buyer.
这位外贸代理通过向国内买家隐瞒实际采购价格，从每笔进口交易中榨取15%的利润。
