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poach
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) cook (fish, fruit, etc) by simmering it gently in a small amount of liquid (用少量水)炖, 煨(鱼、 水果等)
apricots poached in syrup 糖水煨杏.
(b) cook (an egg without its shell) by putting it in (or in a container over) simmering water 煮(荷包蛋).
poach v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn]
~ (for sth) catch (game birds, animals or fish) without permission on sb else´s property (进入他人地界)偷猎, 偷捕(鸟、 兽或鱼)
go out poaching on a farmer´s land 到农场主土地上偷猎
Fred was caught poaching hares. 弗雷德因偷猎野兔被捉.
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(a) [Ipr] ~ on sth be active in an area that properly belongs to sb else 在他人范围内活动
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.
By interfering in this matter you are poaching on my preserve, ie dealing with sth that is my responsibility. 你干预此事就是在我的责任范围内越俎代庖.
(b) [Tn] take (staff or ideas) from sb/sth, esp in an underhand way 从某人[某处]挖走(人员)或窃取(思想)
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.
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