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

• They did all possible means, such as forged our signatures and so on, even swallow up or depreciation the real estate that belong to us.
  比如伪造我们的签名等，把属于我们的不动产贬值甚至吞掉。
• Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  恶人吞灭比自己公义的，你为何静默不语呢。
• First, it's really old past the Red Giant phase, when stars balloon in size and swallow up planets in close orbits.
  首先，它非常非常老了它经历过红巨星阶段，这一阶段的恒星会急剧膨胀，吞噬在临近轨道运行的行星。
• Lucas is a lucky man, I keep telling this to Ella and swallow up the latter part of my speech.
  卢卡斯特别幸福，我总是这样对艾拉讲，然后生生咽下说不出的后半截话。
• 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。
• However, neither should the mainland swallow up taiwan, nor should Taiwan swallow up the mainland.
  但不是我吃掉你，也不是你吃掉我。
• This suggests that the δ′ phase particles are coarsened by licking up the transition interfacial layer before 16h reaging and swallow up each other after 16h reaging.
  表明δ′相粒子的长大首先是吞噬过渡界面层长大，然后是互相吞并长大。
• 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
• There was no gaping dark hole that would swallow up bad people.
  根本没有张开的黑洞能把坏人吞掉。
• 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。