| 词汇 | poaching |
| 释义 | poaching noun uk /ˈpəʊ.tʃɪŋ/ us /ˈpoʊ.tʃɪŋ/ poachingnoun (TAKING)[ C or U ] the catching and killing of animals without permission on someone else's land: Poaching poses a huge threat to the survival of this rare animal. Wardens are seeing an alarming rise in poachings of many kinds of animals. Related word anti-poaching [ U ]disapproving the act of taking and using something, usually an idea, for yourself unfairly or dishonestly: The show was a shameless poaching of ideas. The company had to pay compensation for customer poaching from its rival. [ U ]disapproving the act of persuading someone who works for someone else to come and work for you: Poaching of staff was having a negative effect on the business. A drawback with staff referral is poaching. Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job piratically plunder poach porch piracy purloin rustle rustling snaffle snitch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hunting & fishing poachingnoun (COOKING)[ U ] a way of cooking something such as a fish, or an egg with its shell removed, by putting it in gently boiling water or other liquid: Poaching is a very healthy way to prepare eggs. First, place the pears in the poaching liquid. Preparing food using heat air fryer bain-marie baking baking parchment barbecue blanch cooking deep fat fryer deep-fried deep-fry done overdone pan-fry parboil poach precook sear underdone warm (someone/something) up wood-fired Examples of poachingpoaching One possible extension might be to study how poaching and forest degradation impact eco-tourism potential along tropical forest margins. In other words, the association tried but failed to establish a sanctioning mechanism that could limit poaching. The relationship between poaching activity and fluctuations in the industrial labour market is most clearly evident during and after the 1870s. During the industrial boom years between 1939 and 1942 poaching prevailed. However, recent evidence of casual poaching has been found during the study period, on islands as well as on the mainland. Nevertheless, there is very little evidence of poaching due to the reserve's protected status. However, in contrast to commercial hunters, subsistence hunters face relatively low prices as well as low costs of poaching. Engineering employers, frequently stealing workers from each other, dealt with the matter collectively by sharpening their rules against poaching. References to affrays with poaching colliers frequently appear in the portraits of gamekeepers in this journal. There is also no mention concerning what the 'rules of engagement' were in the event of, for example, a discovery of illegal poaching. Despite their protestations, arsenal managers were not above engaging in poaching themselves. Consequently, the agropastoralists still have incentives to exploit the wildlife illegally through poaching. We disregard potential effects on other species and poaching. Indeed, it is possible to draw some comparisons with poaching. Thus, both logging and poaching may be contributing to the patterns of ocelot abundance observed, but their relative contribution still needs to be assessed. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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