carve up

英 [ˈkɑːv ʌp]

美 [ˈkɑːrv ʌp]

拆散; 分割; 瓜分

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拆散;分割;瓜分
  If you say that someonecarvessomethingup, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts.
  1. He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing...
     他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
  2. They have begun carving the country up like a pie.
     他们已经开始像切馅饼一样瓜分这个国家。
• PHRASAL VERB (用刀)割伤，砍伤
  Tocarvesomeoneupmeans to hurt them badly using a knife.
  1. He wanted to go into the street and carve someone's face up.
     他想上街去把别人的脸刮花。

英英释义

verb

• separate into parts or portions
  1. divide the cake into three equal parts
  2. The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
  Synonym:dividesplitsplit upseparatedissever

双语例句

• He had described Japan as a potentially aggressive nation that might join with others to carve up China.
  当初他把日本描绘为参与瓜分中国的潜在的侵略国。
• Three years later what presented in my mind's eye was the inner structure, not the whole ox; and now instead of careful observation, I carve up an ox completely according to my sense.
  三年后，脑中呈现的是牛的内部构造，而不再是一头整牛了，现在不用仔细观察，只凭心神感受牛，就能把它分解。
• Because of good land has been strong in the pre-developer "carve up" the.
  由于良好的土地已被强大的前开发商“瓜分”了。
• They have begun carving the country up like a pie.
  他们已经开始像切馅饼一样瓜分这个国家。
• Stockbrokers, hedge fund managers, bankers, lawyers and property investors have all donned white coats to learn how to carve up the cow, pig and lamb carcasses that hang from hooks in the chilled room at the back of the shop.
  证券经纪人、对冲基金经理、银行家、律师和房地产投资者全都身穿白色外罩，学习如何切割悬挂在该店后面冷气室钩子上的母牛、猪和羊羔的尸体。
• Carve up the cross-section to some areas by the result of calculation.
  根据初步计算的结果对坝体断面进行分区。
• Meanwhile, new highways and tunnels carve up the West Bank joining up the Israeli colonies.
  与此同时，布满西岸的新公路和隧道，将以色列定居点连接起来。
• Much good had come to Florence since the dim time of struggle between the old patron and the new. The dark days when imperialism could carve up the world at will are gone for ever.
  自从新旧保护神之争的黑暗时代以来，佛罗伦萨得到了许多好处。帝国主义可以任意瓜分世界的黑暗时代一去不复返了。
• In winter, hit Australia's highest ski slopes at Charlotte Pass or carve up the snow at Thredbo and Perisher Blue.
  冬季，前往夏洛特山口澳大利亚最高的滑雪道，或在铁擂堡和蓝派瑞雪的雪道上飞驰而下。
• While foreigners carve up the market territory ceded by the Japanese, domestic automakers are still viewed as competing mainly on price, despite their recent efforts to move upmarket in a hurry.
  日本车企损失的市场份额被其他外国企业刮分殆尽，而中国本土汽车制造商仍被认为是主要依靠价格优势进行竞争，虽然他们在近期为进攻高端市场做出了一些努力。