1.carve out開拓;雕刻
Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.
卡米爾用錘子和鑿子將大理石雕刻出一個(gè)人像 。
2.swallow up吞并;吞沒
During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
20世紀(jì)80年代,一些出版巨頭開始吞并一些較小的公司 。
3.begin to do開始做
Only after he left school did he begin to do chimp research.
直到他離開學(xué)校后,他才開始對(duì)黑猩猩進(jìn)行研究 。