swallow w up吞下去
swallow up business吞并企业
to swallow up吞没;包举
swallow up small enterprises并吞小企业
swallow up income耗尽收入
Swallow Up the Moon唱片名
foreign capital swallow up外资并购
annex merge swallow up把别国的领土或他人的财产强行并入自己的范围
to annexto mergeannexationto swallow up并吞
PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own. 吞并
During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
20世纪80年代期间，巨型的出版公司开始吞并较小的公司。
PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） If something swallows up money or resources, it uses them entirely while giving very little in return. 用光 (金钱或资源)
A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of $100,000.
7天的电视广告宣传能把$100000基本用光。