| 词汇 | siphoned |
| 释义 | siphoned past simple and past participle ofsiphon siphon verb[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] (alsosyphon)uk /ˈsaɪ.fən/ us /ˈsaɪ.fən/ to remove liquid from a container using a siphon用虹吸管吸取，用虹吸管抽取 Removing and extracting ablate abstract abstraction bowdlerization bowdlerized extraction extrication filterable filtration fish something out gouge something out peel root something out/up rout someone out scoop something out slice slice something off snowploughing wipe withdrawal You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Movement of liquids Phrasal verbsiphon something off Examples of siphonedsiphoned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In addition, much-needed funds were siphoned away from underfunded schools. The state, for example, invested part of the rent it siphoned from cocoa exports in a broad array of economic projects. However, gold and silver was siphoned o^ for other, non-monetary purposes. The point of its draft system is to ensure that talent is not all siphoned off by a few teams, making competition between the teams lopsided. Ultimately, given the domestic balance of trade and commercial networks, specie was siphoned off from the interior provinces and converged on the port to pay for imports. Are these structures evidence of surpluses being siphoned off by the elites? Water is fed by gravity from the main canals to a network of secondary and tertiary canals whence it is siphoned through plastic pipes into furrows in the individual fields. Most of the additional motoring taxes are being siphoned off to pay for their disastrously expensive welfare policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has found savings elsewhere and has siphoned off some of that money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those profits will be siphoned off to a few shareholders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I seek an assurance that the funding for 16-year-olds will not be siphoned off from the funding of other age groups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They know that the capital resources that they could use profitably are not available because they are siphoned elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have learned from it that the residents need to be siphoned off to a variety of different hostels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also noticed rehabilitation beds lying empty because the funding had been siphoned off elsewhere in the hospital, which suggests that all is not well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she undertake to fund the hard-pressed health authorities in order to avoid money being siphoned off from patient care to other areas? 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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