他十分鐘就吃光了一只烤鴨。
The hungry boys polished off a plateful of ham and then asked for more.

饑餓的孩子很快就吃完了一盤火腿,然后又要了一些。
After the contest we were all so hungry that we polished off the lunch in only a few minutes.

比賽后我們大家都很餓,幾分鐘就把飯吃光了。
Having polished off a slice or two of bread, she started work again.

她匆匆吃了一兩片面包,又開始工作了。
We can soon polish off that job.

我們能很快干完那工作。
She had to polish off her work before going home.

回家前她必須快把工作做完。
Do you think you can polish off these sheets of typing before four o'clock?

你認為在四點鐘以前能把這幾頁都打完嗎?
Mary polished off her homework early so that she could watch TV.

瑪麗為了能看電視,很早便匆匆做完了家庭作業。
The cream buns and sausage rolls were polished off in nest to no time.

轉眼之間,奶油面包和臘腸卷就被一掃而光。 polish sb ? off
The boxer polished off his opponent in the first round.

拳擊手在第一個回合就把他的對手擊倒了。
The villain of the novel is polished off in the last chapter but one.

小說中的那個壞蛋在書中倒數第二章就被干掉了。

我們的銷售技術需要提高。 polish sth ? up
I'm going to New York, so I must polish up my English.

我要去紐約,因此我必須提高英語水平。
In his spare time he did all he could to polish up his German.

他在業余時間努力進修德語。
I advise you to polish up your article once more before you send it to the editor.

我勸你在把文章送交編輯以前再潤色一下。
The matter in the easy is satisfactory, but the style needs to be polished up.

這篇文章的內容不錯,但還需要潤色一下。 polish sth ? up
He polished up the handle of the big front door.

他把大門的把手擦亮了。
Jim has a supply of old pennies which he polishes up and passes off to foreign tourists as rare coins.

吉姆有許多舊硬幣,他把它們擦了一下,冒充稀有的古錢幣,以此騙外國旅游者。
The silver will need to be polished up for the dinner party.

為了宴會,這些銀器皿需要擦得光亮。
These old pieces of brass have been polished up beautifully.

這幾件古銅器已被擦得光亮奪目。