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词组 swallow
释义 swallow /BrE ˈswɒləʊ; NAmE ˈswɑːloʊ/ SEE ALLˌswallow sb/sth ˈupto completely cover sb/sth or absorb them, so that they can no longer be seen or do not exist separately 吞没;淹没He watched them walk away until the darkness swallowed them up.
他目送他们走远,直到消失在夜色里。
She was so embarrassed she wished that the ground would open and swallow her up.
她尴尬极了,简直希望地面能裂开个洞,让她钻进去。
The countryside is rapidly being swallowed up by building developments.
乡村地区正被建筑开发项目迅速侵占。
Many small businesses have been swallowed up by larger companies.
很多小公司被大公司兼并了。
NOTE Swallow sb/sth is sometimes used on its own with this meaning * swallow sb/sth 有时单独使用也作此义She wished that the ground would open up and swallow her.
她希望地面能裂开个洞,让她钻进去。
[v + n/pron + adv] [v + adv + n]
ˌswallow sth ˈupto use sth such as money or resources completely 用光,用尽,耗尽(钱、资源等)Practising the piano swallows up all her free time.
练钢琴占用了她所有的闲暇时间。
Pay rises were quickly swallowed up by price increases.
增加的工资很快就被上涨的物价抵消了。
Nuclear weapons swallowed up a third of the country’s defence spending.
核武器用掉了国防开支的三分之一。
The extra money was swallowed up by debts.
剩余的钱都用来还债了。
OBJ time, money
SYN use sth up
NOTE Often used in the passive. 常用于被动语态。[v + adv + n] [v + pron + adv] [v + n + adv] (rare)
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