gobble up

英 [ˈɡɒbl ʌp]

美 [ˈɡɑːbl ʌp]

贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽; 吞并; 击垮; 消耗; 耗费

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 吞并；击垮
  If an organizationgobbles upa smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it.
  1. Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the midwest by gobbling up smaller banks.
     俄亥俄州第一银行通过兼并一些小银行成为中西部地区的巨头。
• PHRASAL VERB 消耗；耗费
  Togobble upsomething such as money means to use or waste a lot of it.
  1. The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
     该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• See also:gobble

英英释义

verb

• eat a large amount of food quickly
  1. The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake
  Synonym:garbage downshovel inbolt down

双语例句

• In exchange, they enrich the soil, pollinate flowers, and gobble up insect pests.
  作为交换，他们丰富的土壤，花授粉，并吞噬害虫。
• Other investors rushed to gobble up investment grade securities or ( if all else failed) sovereign bonds.
  其他投资者则大举买进投资级证券或（如果其它都失败的话）主权债券。
• But before they could even begin the speeches of welcome they had prepared, the stork stuck his long beak into the water and began to gobble up as many Frogs as he could see.
  可是，还没等他们致准备好了的欢迎词，鹤就把他的长嘴伸进水了，看见青蛙就大口地吞食。
• Taxpayers essentially would be footing the bill as strong banks gobble up their weaker peers.
  因为这样一来，纳税人实际上将为银行业的弱肉强食买单。
• Needless to say, the banking industry will insist the mouse is a tiger about to gobble up the world economy.
  不消说，银行业将坚称，这不是一只老鼠，而是一只将吞噬全球经济的猛虎。
• Others wonder if they should invest in peacocks and praying mantises which, they speculate, will gobble up the little stinkers.
  有些人还想一探究竟，是否应该养殖孔雀或螳螂。他们推测，这些小臭虫会是它们美餐的对象。
• The young inventors note that the somewhat transparent electrode used today in solar cells absorbs as much as 20 percent of available light –– but theirs is significantly more transparent and will gobble up more light.
  这些年轻的发明家解释道，现在在太阳电池中使用的透明电极只能吸收可利用光源的20%，而他们的材料更加透明，可以吸收更多的光。
• Some students gobble up information as fast as they receive it.
  有些学生接触信息有多快，吸收就有多快。
• Can guide to living the lymphoid factor to synthesize the interferon, the exaltation body inside gobble up the cell to gobble up the ability, strengthen the immunity dint and Resistibilities of the machine body.
  可诱生淋巴因子合成干扰素，提高体内吞噬细胞的吞噬能力，增强机体的免疫力和抵抗力。
• The enemy will not be able to gobble up the whole of China but will be able to occupy many places for a considerable time.
  敌人不能整个地吞并中国，但是能够相当长期地占领中国的许多地方。