吞没,耗尽,吞并,侵吞 cause sth to pass down the throat; take in; make disappear
swallow sb/sth ⇔ up
The hungry man swallowed up everything on the table.
那饿汉把桌子上的东西全都吃了。
The waves swallowed up the swimmer.
波涛吞没了那个游泳者。
She was so embarrassed, she wished the earth would open and swallow her up.
她窘死了,巴不得地上能开一个口子把她吞下去。
His wife's clothes bills swallowed up his wages.
他妻子用于衣服的开销把他的工资都用光了。
The travel costs swallowed up our pay increase.
我们增加的工资完全花在增加的旅费上了。
The two firms wanted to combine together to swallow up ours.
那两家公司想联合起来吞并我们公司。
The aircraft was swallowed up in the clouds.
飞机消失在云层中。
She was swallowed up by the crowd and we lost sight of her.
她淹没在人群中,我们看不到她了。
His earnings were swallowed up by lawyer's bill.
他的收入被律师的费用耗尽了。
He doesn't want his firm to be swallowed up by a transnational giant.
他不想自己的公司被一家大型的跨国公司吞并。