b)wrap something ↔ upFINISH DOING something informal to finish a job, meeting etc 完成,结束〔工作、会议等〕
We’re hoping to wrap up the negotiations this week.
我们希望本周结束谈判。
c)be wrapped up in somethingATTENTION to give so much of your attention to something that you do not have time for anything else 把全部精力放在某事上〔以至于没有时间关心别的事〕
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wrap up• I want to wrap this meeting up as quickly as possible. I have another appointment in an hour.• The kids, wrapped up in layers against the cold, waddled out to play.• If they accept our price we can wrap up the deal right away.• You ought to wrap up warm -- I think it's going to snow.
wrap up warm/well• But wrap up well before you go through that garden because it's enough to freeze you out there.• Surely wrapping up well on an autumnchill morning wasn't consideredunmanly?• She's all wrapped up warm with this big old coat on.
be wrapped up in something• He said the whole thing could be wrapped up in a week.• I was wrapped up in an officer's uniform; you couldn't see me for fur and leather.• The control was wrapped up in some interdependentweb.• On the other hand, I think many of my successesare wrapped up in the same thing.• The time was past ten, kids were wrapped up in their beds, and parents were probably about to retire themselves.• Blake was to be wrapped up in this sooty, surreptitiousLondon nearly all his life.• Each item of information is wrapped up in two lines of the file.
1.[countableC]DCC a piece of thick cloth that a woman wears around her shoulders (女用)披肩,围巾 → shawl
2.[uncountableU]DF a type of thin clear plastic that is used to cover food 〔包裹食物的〕塑料保鲜薄膜SYN clingfilm
3keep something under wrapsSECRETto keep something secret 对某事保密;隐藏某事
The project has been kept under wraps for years.
这个项目保密了许多年。
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keep something under wraps• But in the interests of security we are keeping the information under wraps.• But officialsdeny they've been keeping their proposals under wraps.• Ford's new range of cars is being kept firmly under wraps until the Geneva auto show.• The plans are still being kept tightly under wraps, partly through the fear that Mowden might try to scupper them.• Now his biggest concern is keeping his excitement under wraps.• The Left would like a civilian, but if there is a candidate it is keeping him under wraps.• But Micky's very careful to keep it under wraps.• There is some multimediahardwareon-board that the company is trying to keep pretty much under wraps.• Which is why, if you've got a bad temper, you probably do your utmost to keep it under wraps.• It's been suggested the report was kept under wraps to avoidcontroversy.
4.take the wraps off somethingto show or tell people about something new or secret 揭开某事物的面纱,把某事物展示出来[公之于众]
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤firmly, securely, tightly包裹結實;包得緊緊地▸➤loosely鬆散地包裝▸➤carefully, neatly仔細地/整齊地包裝▸➤individually單個包裝◇Each apple was individually wrapped in paper.每個蘋果都用紙單獨包着。➤up裹住PREPOSITION➤around, round (especially BrE) 纏繞◇He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist.他雙臂緊緊摟着她的腰。➤in用⋯裹起來◇She wrapped the child carefully in a blanket.她用毯子仔細地把孩子裹起來。wrap
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●wrap (sb) upADVERB➤warm, warmly, well(使某人)穿得暖和◇Make sure you wrap up warmly if you're going out.如果你要出去的話,一定要穿暖和。PREPOSITION➤against穿暖和以防◇We went outside, well wrapped up against the cold.我們出去了,為禦寒穿得嚴嚴實實。➤in用⋯包起來◇Christine was wrapped up in one of the blankets.克里蒂娜被裹在其中的一條毯子裏。