mop up

1. PHRASAL VERB 揩干;抹干
   If you mop up a 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB 完成;结束;肃清
   If you mop up something 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。

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。
4. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance
   陆军各师肃清了残余的抵抗据点。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. I learned to make the bed I slept in, and wash the glass I used, and mend what I broke, and mop up where I spilled.
   我学会了睡觉前自己铺床，洗自己用过的杯子，修补自己弄坏的东西，用拖布拖干自己溅到地上的水。
8. 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。
9. Excuse me! I need to mop up some puke.
   抱歉，我要去清扫呕吐物。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. Mop up commands search party to red-4and report.
    结束命令，搜索队进入红-4，请报告。
13. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake.
    我们的力气逐渐消耗在清扫暴力在这条路上留下的大量问题。
14. Because inflation remained low, the central banks have been slow to mop up the excess liquidity.
    由于通胀保持在较低的水平，中央银行慢慢的打击过量的流动资金。
15. The Benefit: Basil is rich in antioxidants that mop up cell-damaging free radicals inside the body.
    好处：紫苏含有丰富的抗氧化剂，扫荡破坏细胞的自由基。
16. 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。
17. She mop up the pools of water on the bathroom floor
    她擦去浴室地面上一滩滩的水
18. Making a mental note to ask Hermione how it was done, he used a large wad of toilet paper to mop up as much of the tea as he could before returning to his bedroom and slamming the door behind him.
    他一边想着，一边用一卷纸巾擦去了地上的茶水，然后砰地关上了身后的门，回到了卧室。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.
    政府早就希望肃清叛军的抵抗。
22. 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”。
23. You should have seen him mop up his dinner.
    他该看看他那狼吞虎咽的样子才好。
24. Can someone mop up the ketchup and take the dummy? We'll do one more.
    谁来把番茄酱擦掉？抬走假人，我们再来一次。
25. The existence of all this excess capacity keeps interest rates and inflation low, so monetary policy is not compelled to mop up any overflow.
    严重的产能过剩让利率和通胀保持在较低水平，因此，我们不必动用货币政策来吸收任何溢出。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. You take yours, and I take yours, and you do not take mine, and I only take yours to mop up, and you go away.
    您吃您的，我吃您的，您别吃我的，我光吃您的，吃完了您的，您走您的。
29. Which I now have to go and mop up.
    我得赶快去清理了。
30. But the interest payments on domestic bonds issued to mop up capital inflows can have a heavy fiscal cost.
    但为了冲销资本流入而发行国内债券，为此支付的利息会成为一笔巨额财政成本。

noun

1. a concluding action

   Synonym:    completionculminationclosingwindup

verb

1. finish a task completely
   1. I finally got through this homework assignment

   Synonym:    get throughwrap upfinish offpolish offclear upfinish up

2. defeat thoroughly
   1. He mopped up the floor with his opponents

   Synonym:    worstpipwhiprack up

3. 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