1PHRASAL VERB 拆散;分割;瓜分 If you say that someone carves something up, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts. 拆散;分割;瓜分 [disapproval]
He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing. [VERBPREP. noun]
他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
They have begun carving the country up like a pie. [VERB noun PREP.]
他们已经开始像切馅饼一样瓜分这个国家。
2PHRASAL VERB (用刀)割伤,砍伤 To carve someone up means to hurt them badly using a knife. (用刀)割伤,砍伤 [informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
He wanted to go into the street and carve someone's face up. [VERB noun PREP.]