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 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。
• The earth seemed to swallow them up.
  地球好像把他们吞没了。
• Weeds had swallowed up the garden.
  花园里杂草丛生。
• When inequality of wealth once commences, in a community not constantly engaged in repairing by industry the injuries of fortune, its advances are gigantic; the great masses of wealth swallow up the smaller.
  一个社会一旦开始有了财富的不平等，而又不靠发展产业来弥补对财富造成的损失，这种不平等就会愈来愈巨大，吞并会愈演愈烈。
• The expenses swallow up most of the profits.
  花费大而利润少。
• 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。
• 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。
• "You little mouse, you dare to wake me? I'll swallow you up!"
  “你这只小老鼠，你敢叫醒我？我要吞了你！”
• Gigantic companies like Google swallow up smaller ones.
  像谷歌（Google）这样的巨无霸会吞噬小公司。
• A method should be devised by which neither side would swallow up the other.
  要搞一个你不吃掉我、我也不吃掉你的办法。