gobble up

英 [ˈɡɒbl ʌp]

美 [ˈɡɑːbl ʌp]

贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽; 吞并; 击垮; 消耗; 耗费

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 吞并；击垮
  If an organizationgobbles upa smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it.
  1. Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the midwest by gobbling up smaller banks.
     俄亥俄州第一银行通过兼并一些小银行成为中西部地区的巨头。
• PHRASAL VERB 消耗；耗费
  Togobble upsomething such as money means to use or waste a lot of it.
  1. The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
     该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• See also:gobble

英英释义

verb

• eat a large amount of food quickly
  1. The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake
  Synonym:garbage downshovel inbolt down

双语例句

• Taxpayers essentially would be footing the bill as strong banks gobble up their weaker peers.
  因为这样一来，纳税人实际上将为银行业的弱肉强食买单。
• The children gobble up their food and rushed out to play.
  孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃完饭就冲出去玩了。
• Some students gobble up information as fast as they receive it.
  有些学生接触信息有多快，吸收就有多快。
• The white cells gobble up the invaders, and the antibodies knock them out.
  白血球吞噬掉这些异物，抗体则将其杀死。
• The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
  该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• Treasury yields, which drop when investors gobble up U.
  投资者大量吃进国债会导致国债收益率降低。
• Such bubbles are hard to keep stable for long periods because they naturally gobble up smaller bubbles and grow in size.
  这些气泡很难长时期地保持稳定，因为它们会自然地吞食较小的气泡，然后变大。
• In exchange, they enrich the soil, pollinate flowers, and gobble up insect pests.
  作为交换，他们丰富的土壤，花授粉，并吞噬害虫。
• But before they could even begin the speeches of welcome they had prepared, the stork stuck his long beak into the water and began to gobble up as many Frogs as he could see.
  可是，还没等他们致准备好了的欢迎词，鹤就把他的长嘴伸进水了，看见青蛙就大口地吞食。
• Needless to say, the banking industry will insist the mouse is a tiger about to gobble up the world economy.
  不消说，银行业将坚称，这不是一只老鼠，而是一只将吞噬全球经济的猛虎。