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

• Excuse me! I need to mop up some puke.
  抱歉，我要去清扫呕吐物。
• Mop up commands search party to red-4and report.
  结束命令，搜索队进入红-4，请报告。
• Which I now have to go and mop up.
  我得赶快去清理了。
• Two companies were left behind to guard and mop up the recaptured territory.
  留下两个连守卫收复的土地，并肃清这个地区的残敌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You should have seen him mop up his dinner.
  他该看看他那狼吞虎咽的样子才好。