通过吸干或擦拭,把洒出的液体或湿污清理掉。
"The toddler knocked over his juice and she quickly mopped it up with a cloth."
把液体吸干或擦掉;也指在主要行动结束后,处理剩下的问题、敌人或任务。
把洒出来的液体清理干净,或在大任务完成后把最后剩下的几个问题处理掉。
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通过吸干或擦拭,把洒出的液体或湿污清理掉。
"The toddler knocked over his juice and she quickly mopped it up with a cloth."
(军事/比喻)在主战斗或主要行动结束后,处理或消灭最后残余的抵抗力量、敌军或问题。
"After the main campaign ended, soldiers spent weeks mopping up isolated groups of fighters in the mountains."
The battle for the city was over, but there was still some mopping up to do in the outer districts.
— The Guardian, reporting on the Gulf War, 1991
在主要工作完成后,处理最后剩下的任务、细节或收尾事项。
"The project is nearly finished — we just need to mop up a few outstanding issues before we submit."
大量吸收或获取某物,尤其是金钱、资源或市场份额。
"The new streaming service mopped up most of the advertising revenue that smaller channels relied on."
用拖把把液体从表面吸起来并带走——意思比较直观。
把洒出来的液体清理干净,或在大任务完成后把最后剩下的几个问题处理掉。
既有字面义(清理液体),也有几个常见的比喻义,常见于军事、商业和体育语境。军事义——在主战结束后消灭残余敌军——很常见。经济学中也可指吸收过剩资源。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "mop up" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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