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

• 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。
• 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。
• Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
  迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。
• The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.
  政府早就希望肃清叛军的抵抗。
• She mop up the pools of water on the bathroom floor
  她擦去浴室地面上一滩滩的水
• 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。
• 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”。
• It will still take some time to mop up these enemy remnants, but not long.
  肃清这一部分残余敌军，还需要一些时间，但已为期不远了。
• 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。