| 释义 |
carve sth upphrasal verb (disapproving) to divide sth such as a company or an area of land into smaller parts in order to share it among a small group of people, companies or countries, and not let those outside the group have any瓜分◆they have been accused of carving up the industry for their own benefit.他们被控为谋求私利而瓜分了该行业。◆the territory was carved up by the colonizing powers.该国领土被殖民列强瓜分了。 |