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词汇 sew-up
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sew something up


phrasal verb with sewverbuk /səʊ/ us /soʊ/sewed | sewn or sewed

(REPAIR)


to close or repair something by sewing the edges together: 缝合;缝补
Let me sew up that hole in your jeans.我来把你牛仔裤上的那个洞缝上。
A nurse will come and sew up that wound for you soon.马上就有护士来为你缝合伤口。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Knitting & sewing
appliqué
appliquéd
Aran
Bargello
baste
handknit
handknitted
hank
hem
intarsia
quilting
reknit
resew
rib
run something up
running stitch
sampler
seam
sew
stitch

(BE SUCCESSFUL)


[ usually passive ]informal
If you have a competition or game sewn up, you are certain to win it or get control of it: 确信能赢,对…胜券在握;视…为囊中之物
The Democratic candidate appears to have the election sewn up.民主党看来已确信会在选举中获胜。
to complete all the arrangements for a successful business agreement: 谈妥,敲定(交易)
It's going to take another week or two to sew up this deal.要再花一两个星期才能谈妥这笔交易。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Winning and defeating
annihilate
annihilation
bank
be gunning for someoneidiom
be one in the eye for someoneidiom
convincing
mincemeat
moral victory
move/go/close in for the killidiom
near thing
outclass
sew
slaughter
sweep
take someone down
take someone to the cleaner'sidiom
take something apart
takedown
thrash
thrashing

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling

sew up something | American Dictionary


sew up something


phrasal verb with sewverb[ I/T ]us/soʊ/past tensesewed | past participlesewnus/soʊn/sewed
infml
to complete an arrangement or event successfully or control it completely:
The basketball team sewed up the championship this week with their ninth consecutive win.

sew sth up | Business English


sew sth up


phrasal verb with sewverbuk /səʊ/us
informal
to complete something successfully:
He hopes to sew up the nomination by the end of the month.
get/have sth (all) sewn upHe aims to have the first deal sewn up early next year.
disapproving
to control something completely so that no one else has a share of it:
Our competitors have the adult market sewn up.
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