swallow up

动词吞没; 吞并; 侵吞; 耗光

ph.

1. 吞没,耗尽：speculation about 关于...猜测 | swallow up 吞没,耗尽 | make use of 利用

2. 淹没：swallow the bait 上钩 | swallow up 淹没 | swallow 燕子

3. 吞没：seize the town 夺取 | swallow up 吞没 | get a fright 吓了一条

4. 吞下去(耗尽,吞没)：16. emerge from 幸存下来 | 17. swallow up吞下去(耗尽,吞没) | 18. crown n. 王冠,王权,顶点 v. 使...成王,加冕,居...之顶

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1. 吞并;侵吞;把…并入其中
    If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.

    e.g. During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
           20 世纪 80 年代，一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司。

2. 用尽，耗光(金钱、资源)
    If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return.

    e.g. A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,000...
           7 天的电视广告宣传可能会耗费约 5 万英镑。
    e.g. Farmers could see a quarter of their income swallowed up by the interest rate rise.
           农场主会发现由于利率的上涨，收入减少了1/4。

3. 吞没;淹没
    If a person or thing is swallowed up by something, they disappear into it so that you cannot see them any more.

    e.g. He headed back towards the flea market and was quickly swallowed up in the crowd...
           他转身朝跳蚤市场走去，很快淹没在人群中。
    e.g. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.
           花园里杂草丛生。

1. So it is necessary to take measures to prevent such people from using property right reforms to swallow up State assets.

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