fleecing
v. <口>詐取某人(鉅款),敲竹槓( fleece的現在分詞 )
A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it.
A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece.
If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much.
She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds.
她聲稱他敲詐了她幾千英鎊。
Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric.
Some local shops are really fleecing the holiday - makers ( of their money ).
本地的一些商店簡直是敲詐來度假的人 ( 的錢 ).
Some local shops are really fleecing the holiday - makers.
本地的一些商店簡直是敲詐來度假的人.
But such practices are not just about cutting tax bills or fleecing employers.
但是這類做法不僅僅包括減低稅務賬單或詐老闆的錢.
Will Apple become just the latest a - hundred - year history of fleecing of foreign business in China?
蘋果是否會成為中國幾個世紀以來對外國企業不斷盤剝的最新受害者 呢 ?