They got permission to abstract water from the river. 他们获准从河里取水。

Each child broke off a piece of bread. 每个孩子都掰了一片面包。

Maggie brushed away her tears as she listened. 玛吉边听边擦眼泪。

The device displaces the air inside the container. 这个装置可排出容器内的空气。

Everything we download from the Internet is automatically filtered through our virus software. 我们从因特网上下载的所有东西杀毒软件都会自动进行过滤。

Reed beds filter out much of the pollution. 长有芦苇的河床过滤掉许多污染物。

At the first meeting we filter out all unsuitable candidates. 我们第一次会面时筛选掉所有不合适的候选人。

He peeled a £50 note from a big roll of money. 他从一大卷钞票中抽出一张50英镑的纸币。

You can't roll back all the reforms of the last ten years. 你无法消除过去10年中所有改革的影响。

We get a different impression of the economy if we sift out the figures for imports. 如果把进口方面的数字滤除掉，我们对经济的印象就会不同。

Skim the fat off the soup. 撇去汤面上的油。

Protesters were spirited away before they could cause a disruption. 抗议者们还没有造成混乱就被秘密地带走了。

People used to steam off the stamps.

Henry took out his wallet. 亨利取出了钱包。

Can you unblock the sink? 你能疏通洗涤槽吗？

She opened the drawer and withdrew a large envelope. 她打开抽屉，拿出一个大信封。