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

• 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。
• The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
  该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• Imperialist powers always tend to gobble up their weaker neighbors.
  帝国主义强国总是要想兼并弱小的邻国。
• Just as Chinese companies are using their new-found wealth and the short-term weakness in the west to gobble up important stakes, so the plunge in the Shanghai market could open the door to more aggressive M& A in China by multinationals.
  正如中国企业在利用自身新增财富和西方市场的短期疲软之机贪婪地收购重要股份一样，上海市场的暴跌，可能也会为那些跨国公司更为激进的并购活动开启大门。
• Such bubbles are hard to keep stable for long periods because they naturally gobble up smaller bubbles and grow in size.
  这些气泡很难长时期地保持稳定，因为它们会自然地吞食较小的气泡，然后变大。
• Bacteria in our gut gobble up things like sugars and fatty acids, which they can break down either through respiration or fermentation.
  我们内脏里的细菌会吞噬糖类和脂肪酸一类的物质，它们通过呼吸作用和发酵作用可以分解此类物质。
• 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 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。
• The government seems to gobble up the taxpayers'money.
  政府似乎大笔大笔地乱花纳税人的税款。
• Only then did he gobble up the food until all he could do was fall asleep.
  他狼吞虎咽地吃了那些食物，接着就去睡觉了。