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

• 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。
• Michael mopped up quickly with his napkin.
  迈克尔迅速用餐巾将其揩干。
• You should have seen him mop up his dinner.
  他该看看他那狼吞虎咽的样子才好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.
  政府早就希望肃清叛军的抵抗。
• 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。
• 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。