eat up   (TTS發音)

1. finish eating； eat all of 吃光

    Make sure the children eat their vegetables up！一定要讓孩子們把蔬菜吃光。

    After working all afternoon，we quickly ate up all of the dinner.我們整整幹了一個下午以後，一會兒就把飯吃光了。

2. use all of；consume用完；消耗

    Extravagance ate up his inheritance. 奢侈的生活耗盡了他繼承的遺產。

    The central heating eats up a lot of electricity. 暖氣耗費大量的電力。

    Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it. 閒談不知不覺地把他們的時間都耗掉了。

3. destroy as if by eating；distress 毀壞；使苦惱 The mountain flood ate up many buildings. 山洪衝毀了許多建築物。

    What's been eating him up lately？近來他為什麼一直在苦惱？

    The heavy and monotonous job ate him up. 繁重而單調的工作使他苦惱煩悶。