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

• 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。
• Mop up commands search party to red-4and report.
  结束命令，搜索队进入红-4，请报告。
• Because inflation remained low, the central banks have been slow to mop up the excess liquidity.
  由于通胀保持在较低的水平，中央银行慢慢的打击过量的流动资金。
• 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。
• 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。
• Excuse me! I need to mop up some puke.
  抱歉，我要去清扫呕吐物。
• They have issued bills and bonds to mop up any rise in base money that would have occurred from the accumulation of foreign reserves.
  外汇储备积累导致的基础货币上升，都被它们通过发放钞票和债券抹煞了。
• The Benefit: Basil is rich in antioxidants that mop up cell-damaging free radicals inside the body.
  好处：紫苏含有丰富的抗氧化剂，扫荡破坏细胞的自由基。
• 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。
• The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.
  政府早就希望肃清叛军的抵抗。