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. 2 (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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