1PHRASAL VERB 缝合;缝补 If you sew up pieces of cloth or tears in cloth or skin, you join them together using a needle and thread. 缝合;缝补 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip. [VERBPREP. noun]
第二天,斯通小姐决定将撕破的地方缝好。
This material was then put into cotton bags which were weighed and then sewn up. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
2PHRASAL VERB 安排妥帖;办好;使万无一失 If someone sews up something such as a business deal, an election, or a game, they make sure that they will get the result they want. 安排妥帖;办好;使万无一失 [informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
If they didn't move fast, Johnson could sew this deal up within days. [VERB noun PREP.]
如果他们还不赶快行动的话,约翰逊几天之内就会搞定这笔交易。
The Italians think they've got it all sewn up. [VERB-ed PREP.]