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比喻趁着局势混乱，攫取不义之利，例王主任居然在公司财务危急之时浑水摸鱼，盗取公款跑到国外去了。
Mr．Wang，the section head，cash in during the confusion of the company's financial difficulties and made off abroad with a large sum of public funds．