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| /ˈswɒləʊ/ |
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| 1 | I/T to make food or drink go from your mouth down through your throat and into your stomach 吞下；咽下 |
| She quickly swallowed the rest of her coffee. 她迅速地咽下剩余的咖啡。 |
| I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow. 我喉咙发炎，吞咽东西时很疼。 |
| | 1a | I to make a movement in your throat as if you are swallowing food 咽口水；做吞咽动作 | | Tim swallowed nervously before replying. 蒂姆在回答前紧张地咽了一下口水。 | |
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| 2 | T informal to believe something that is unlikely to be true 相信（不太可能属实的事） |
| I found the film’ s ending a bit hard to swallow. 我发现这部影片的结尾有点令人难以置信。 |
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| - | swallow your pride/disappointment/anger etc
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| to not show your feelings and not allow them to affect the way you behave |
| 丢下自尊/不流露出失望/抑制住怒火等 |
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| He finally had to swallow his pride and ask for help. 他最后不得不抛开面子求助。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌswallow ˈup |
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| 1 | to take control of a smaller company or country 吞并（较小的公司或国家） | The company was swallowed up in a corporate merger. 这家公司在一次公司合并中被吞并了。 | |
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| 2 | to use a lot of something such as money , time , or effort 消耗，耗费（许多金钱、时间、努力等） | Campaigning swallows up a lot of time without guaranteeing success. 宣传活动消耗了许多时间，能否成功并没有保障。 | |
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| 3 | to destroy something completely or make it disappear 彻底摧毁；使消失；吞没 | The whole building was swallowed up by flames. 整幢楼被大火吞没了。 | |
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