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swallow /BrE ˈswɒləʊ; NAmE ˈswɑːloʊ/ ► SEE ALLswallow sb/sth upswallow sth up●ˌswallow 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) |