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

• The white cells gobble up the invaders, and the antibodies knock them out.
  白血球吞噬掉这些异物，抗体则将其杀死。
• 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。
• They gobble up capital that China's genuinely private firms could use far more efficiently, amassing bad debts that will eventually cause China big trouble.
  这些大型企业攫取了原本可以让小型企业更加有效利用的资本，同时囤积了会给中国带来大问题的坏债。
• 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。
• 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。
• I wanted to gobble up the room entire and take it to Bailey, who would help me analyze and enjoy it.
  我想把房间整个吞下带给贝利，他会帮我分析它、享受它。
• There has been no shortage of lower-quality paper in this cycle and investors have been willing to gobble up virtually anything on offer, said Merrill.
  美林表示：在本轮周期中，从不缺少低质量债券。实际上，发行的任何债券，投资者都愿意积极抢购。
• 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。
• 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。