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

• 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。
• Treasury yields, which drop when investors gobble up U.
  投资者大量吃进国债会导致国债收益率降低。
• 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。
• The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
  该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
• After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up online-banking customers, banks have became eager to prove that they're not headed for extinction.
  眼看从微软到麦加软件等公司都大举抢夺联网银行的顾客，银行也开始急于向世人证明他们并非一意等着被市场淘汰。
• The children gobble up their food and rushed out to play.
  孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃完饭就冲出去玩了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。