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

• 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。
• 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。
• Mop up commands search party to red-4and report.
  结束命令，搜索队进入红-4，请报告。
• 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。
• She mop up the pools of water on the bathroom floor
  她擦去浴室地面上一滩滩的水
• Which I now have to go and mop up.
  我得赶快去清理了。
• 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。
• The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.
  政府早就希望肃清叛军的抵抗。
• Ozone occurs naturally in the upper atmosphere and helps to mop up ultraviolet radiation.
  臭氧自然发生在上层大气层，帮助抹去紫外线幅射。