| 词汇 | pocketing |
| 释义 | pocketing present participle ofpocket verb[ T ] uk /ˈpɒk.ɪt/ us /ˈpɑː.kɪt/ to put something into your pocket: 把…装入口袋 He carefully pocketed his change.他小心翼翼地把找回的零钱装入口袋。 to hit a billiard or snooker ball into a pocket: （台球中）击（球）落袋 Davis pocketed the black to win the game.戴维斯把黑球击入袋内赢得了比赛。 to take something for yourself, especially dishonestly: 窃取，侵吞，把…据为己有 I'll tell them I sold it for £20, not £25, then I can pocket the rest.我要告诉他们我卖了20英镑而不是25英镑，这样我就可以把余下的钱据为己有。 Keeping and storing things appropriate aside bank bogart capacitance capture cling dump keep (something/someone) back kept lay lay something aside lay something down lay something in stash stockpile stockpiling storage store trap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Snooker, pool & billiards Getting, receiving and accepting Examples of pocketingpocketing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Moreover, high officials, especially the principal judges, were notably successful in pocketing rich sinecures for their offspring. The next day he had retrieved it and, pocketing some of its pages, he had cut the rest into pieces, burning some and discarding others. We are specifically interested in three saving motives : the acquisition of real estate, the wish to bequeath wealth, and pocketing state subsidies. The transition from command to market economies offers some segments of them particularly favourable opportunities to make a fortune quickly and easily by pocketing state assets. He was thought to be pocketing 10 or 20 rupees a day just from unclaimed property recovered from the streets and supposed to be sold for the public purse. Did we need any further evidence that the brewers are pocketing the money by short-changing the customer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all guilty of pocketing tickets from time to time and the system does not lead to an efficient allocation of seats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are not some of the dangers the possibility of pre-knowledge of people on the inside pocketing shares and thus getting a corner in them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This would allow racketeers to plead innocence through ignorance and to proceed without prosecution, pocketing their ill-gotten gains on the way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest that somebody somewhere is pocketing the difference. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means that they are taking the money from youngsters, pocketing it and disappearing rapidly into the sunset. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is not already pocketing the money, that is the moment when it begins to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we all know from our correspondence how often improvement grants lead to the landlord getting rid of the sitting tenant and pocketing the profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would extend it to the unskilled labourer, who is pocketing £6, £8, £10 or £12 a week, while the skilled craftsman considers himself lucky to receive £4. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, he talked of companies pocketing some of the corporation tax benefits which have just been given. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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