siphon off

基本解释

Volunteers without skills necessary in disasterrelief can do more harm than good, and siphon off critical logistics andtranslation services.
没有救灾必需技能的志愿者们的工作可能会弊大于利，并且会影响重要的物流和翻译服务。
British Petroleum built Northstar Island in the Beaufort Sea six miles north of the Alaskan coast to siphon off the Northstar Oil Pool, which resides about 12, 500 feet below the seabed.
英国石油公司建造了北极星岛，北极星位于阿拉斯加以北6英里的波弗特海上。
Worse, state employees now feel emboldened to siphon off resources even without sustaining social stability.
更糟糕的是，公务员有恃无恐的吸取资源甚至不考虑维持社会稳定。

While there is demand for more baseball, team owners siphon off supply to maximize profit.
FORBES: Play More Ball!
That makes it really, really easy to siphon off customers from Big Marijuana corporations.
FORBES: Free Market Marijuana
Conveniently for Mr Putin, two fringe leftist candidates also siphon off some Communist support.
ECONOMIST: A Russian coronation