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.
  1. A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could...
     一名侍者尽力抹掉溅出的食物。
  2. 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。
  3. Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
     迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。
• 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.
  1. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance...
     陆军各师肃清了残余的抵抗据点。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a concluding action
  Synonym:completionculminationclosingwindup

verb

• finish a task completely
  1. I finally got through this homework assignment
  Synonym:get throughwrap upfinish offpolish offclear upfinish up
• defeat thoroughly
  1. He mopped up the floor with his opponents
  Synonym:worstpipwhiprack up
• to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
  1. Mop the hallway now
  2. He mopped her forehead with a towel
  Synonym:wipe upmop

双语例句

• The existence of all this excess capacity keeps interest rates and inflation low, so monetary policy is not compelled to mop up any overflow.
  严重的产能过剩让利率和通胀保持在较低水平，因此，我们不必动用货币政策来吸收任何溢出。
• 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。
• Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
  迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。
• 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。
• Life is like a mop, using today to mop up yesterday and wipe out tomorrow.
  生命像抹布，用今天擦去昨天，擦亮明天。
• You should have seen him mop up his dinner.
  他该看看他那狼吞虎咽的样子才好。
• He supports an internationally co-ordinated fiscal stimulus and the use of bad banks to mop up toxic assets.
  他支持国际协调的财政刺激，用不合格的银行措施来消灭“有毒资产”。
• 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。
• Mop up commands search party to red-4and report.
  结束命令，搜索队进入红-4，请报告。
• 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。