大学英语：to swallow up ： 吞没;并吞

　　His wife's clothes bill swallowed up his wages .老婆买的衣服耗尽了他的工资。

　　The fog swallowed up the whole city.雾笼罩全城。

　　She swallowed the medicine with the help of some water.她用水把药咽下了。

　　His figure was swallowed up in the dark.他的身影消失在黑暗中。

　　4 to make use of ：利用= to take advantage of

　　We should make good use of our leisure time.我们应该好好利用休闲时间。

　　He was making full use of his opportunity.他正充分利用他的机会。

　　to reduce … to 简化，归纳，迫使

　　Months' bombing reduced the city to ruins.

　　几个月的轰炸使这个城市变成了废墟

　　5 to apply to 适用于

　　It does not apply to you.它不适用于你。