動詞 buy up:

1. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
   同義詞：take over, buy out

1. Speculators are thick on the ground-literally speaking. They buy up land, sit on it for a year of two and resell for several times what they paid.
   不夸張地說，投機商多得很，他們買下土地，然后放它個一兩年，再以幾倍于以前的價格賣出去。
2. Speculators are thick on the ground. They buy up land, sit on it for a month or two and resell for twice what they paid.
   投機者多得很，他們買下土地，擱置一兩個月后又以雙倍的價格賣出去。
3. A new york business man have buy up the entire company.
   紐約的一個商人把整個公司收購了。
4. He bought up all the spare building land in the district and can now charge what he wants for it.
   他把這個地區(qū)的所有閑置的建筑土地全部買下了，現(xiàn)在他可以隨心所欲地要價了。