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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
  该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。