swallow up

英 [ˈswɒləʊ ʌp]

美 [ˈswɑːloʊ ʌp]

吞并; 兼并; 用尽，耗光（金钱、资源）; 吞没; 淹没

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 吞并;侵吞;把…并入其中
  If one thingis swallowed upby another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.
  1. During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
     20 世纪 80 年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。
• PHRASAL VERB 用尽，耗光(金钱、资源)
  If somethingswallows upmoney or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return.
  1. A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,000...
     7 天的电视广告宣传可能会耗费约 5 万英镑。
  2. Farmers could see a quarter of their income swallowed up by the interest rate rise.
     农场主会发现由于利率的上涨，收入减少了1/4。
• PHRASAL VERB 吞没;淹没
  If a person or thingis swallowed upby something, they disappear into it so that you cannot see them any more.
  1. He headed back towards the flea market and was quickly swallowed up in the crowd...
     他转身朝跳蚤市场走去，很快淹没在人群中。
  2. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.
     花园里杂草丛生。

英英释义

verb

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
  1. The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
  Synonym:immerseswallowburyeat up

双语例句

• The expenses swallow up most of the profits.
  花费大而利润少。
• It's interesting how this trap, in which so many women are caught, does not seem to swallow up men.
  有意思的是，在很多这样女人陷落的陷阱中，男人似乎并不受其影响。
• During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
  20世纪80年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。
• If you have three children, their after-school activities alone could swallow up a quarter of the household budget.
  如果你有三个小孩，单单他们的课余培训活动就将吞噬掉家庭预算的四分之一。
• Which seemed to swallow up his sound advice.
  好像要一口吞下他那些谆谆的教训；
• The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
  传10：12智慧人的口、说出恩言.愚昧人的嘴、吞灭自己。
• It is said that a black hole can swallow up all the objects around it such as stars.
  据说黑洞可以将其周围的一切物体，如星星吞食掉。
• The greed with which large companies swallow up their smaller competitors
  大公司为吞并与之竞争的小公司而怀有的贪心
• He headed back towards the flea market and was quickly swallowed up in the crowd
  他转身朝跳蚤市场走去，很快淹没在人群中。
• The tear will eventually swallow up the entire galaxy, possibly the universe.
  裂口会吞噬整个星系，甚至是整个宇宙。