mop up
英 [mɒp ʌp]
美 [mɑːp ʌp]
(用布)揩干,抹干; 除去,处理掉(不合意或危险的东西)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 揩干;抹干
If youmop upa liquid, you clean it with a cloth so that the liquid is absorbed.- A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could...
一名侍者尽力抹掉溅出的食物。 - When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up...
洗衣机喷出水时,我们至少能把水抹干。 - Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。
- A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could...
- PHRASAL VERB 完成;结束;肃清
If youmop upsomething that you think is undesirable or dangerous, you remove it or deal with it so that it is no longer a problem.- The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance...
陆军各师肃清了残余的抵抗据点。 - These reactive molecules are mopped up and made harmless by Vitamin E.
这些活性分子已被维生素E灭活,没有害处了。
- The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance...
英英释义
noun
- a concluding action
verb
- finish a task completely
- I finally got through this homework assignment
- defeat thoroughly
- He mopped up the floor with his opponents
- to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- Mop the hallway now
- He mopped her forehead with a towel
双语例句
- We now have the ECB preparing to mop up most net bond issuance of eurozone governments through quantitative easing.
现在,我们看到欧洲央行准备通过量化宽松,把欧元区各国政府的净债券发行悉数吸收。 - Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake.
我们的力气逐渐消耗在清扫暴力在这条路上留下的大量问题。 - Making a mental note to ask Hermione how it was done, he used a large wad of toilet paper to mop up as much of the tea as he could before returning to his bedroom and slamming the door behind him.
他一边想着,一边用一卷纸巾擦去了地上的茶水,然后砰地关上了身后的门,回到了卧室。 - According to the so-called "Greenspan doctrine", named after Alan Greenspan, former Fed chairman, asset bubbles are hard to spot and even if they are it is easier to mop up after the bubble has burst than to try to prevent it.
以美联储前任主席艾伦格林斯潘(alangreenspan)命名的所谓“格林斯潘教义”认为,资产泡沫很难发现,而且即便能够发现,在泡沫破灭后做扫尾工作也比试图阻止泡沫破灭更加容易。 - You take yours, and I take yours, and you do not take mine, and I only take yours to mop up, and you go away.
您吃您的,我吃您的,您别吃我的,我光吃您的,吃完了您的,您走您的。 - Four in ten admit they have simply swept dirt from a kitchen surface or table onto the floor, while a quarter have used a dish cloth to mop up a spillage on the floor and just put it back.
十分之四的人坦言他们会直接把厨房灶台或桌上的灰尘拂到地板上,而四分之一的人曾用洗碗布把溅到地板上的东西抹干净,然后直接把布放回去。 - Can someone mop up the ketchup and take the dummy? We'll do one more.
谁来把番茄酱擦掉?抬走假人,我们再来一次。 - If demand returns strong enough to both mop up current surpluses and absorb some spare capacity that big oil producers have on the sidelines, then oil bulls might have their day yet.
如果需求出现足够强劲的回升,吸收当前的过剩产量和大石油公司闲置的多余产能,那就轮到看涨原油的人走运了。 - But the interest payments on domestic bonds issued to mop up capital inflows can have a heavy fiscal cost.
但为了冲销资本流入而发行国内债券,为此支付的利息会成为一笔巨额财政成本。 - Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。