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

• 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。
• The expenses swallow up most of the profits.
  花费大而利润少。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The earth seemed to swallow them up.
  地球好像把他们吞没了。