gobbled
v.
狼吞虎咽地吃( gobble的过去式和过去分词 );
(火鸡)咯咯地叫;
赶快吃;
很快耗掉(尤指金钱);
例句:
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The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
该公司的支出占其收入的44%。
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Small family businesses are being gobbled up by larger firms.
小型家庭企业正被较大的公司吞并.
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We gobbled up the enemy.
我们把敌人全歼灭了.
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Such credit as is available is gobbled up by state-run enterprises.
来自WSJ
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Gobbled it down in three bites.
来自B. Malamud
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Hunting, fishing and blueberry gathering have already been hampered because development has gobbled up prime land, Koski said.
来自SA