eat away

英 [iːt əˈweɪ]

美 [iːt əˈweɪ]

侵蚀; 使消耗殆尽

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 侵蚀;使消耗殆尽
  If one thingeats awayanother oreats awayat another, it gradually destroys or uses it up.
  1. Rot is eating away the interior of the house...
     房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。
  2. The recession is eating away at their revenues.
     经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。

英英释义

verb

• wear away or erode
  Synonym:fret
• remove soil or rock
  1. Rain eroded the terraces
  Synonym:erodefret

双语例句

• But it is clearly an issue that could slowly eat away at the dollar, given that the US currency would seem to have most to lose as the renminbi's global role increases.
  由于随着人民币的全球地位加强，美元的损失似乎可能是最大的，这个问题很显然会逐渐蚕食美元的地位。
• But its best-value-for-money calculation, which ranks the schools based on a ratio of debt and earnings for recent graduates, finds that the costs of the top-flight schools eat away most of their value.
  但是它的最佳性价比排名基于学校近几届毕业生的负债和收入之比的排名发现，顶级商学院的高收费基本抵消了它的价值。
• That's because the costs associated with credit card transactions quickly eat away at the profit a merchant would make on something that costs a few dollars or less.
  那是因为成本与信用卡交易迅速侵吞商人的利润有关，要想赚钱重要的是成本只要几美元或者更少。
• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• Time really doesn't heal, it just gives the bitterness and resentment longer to eat away at you from inside.
  实际上，时间不会治愈创伤，而会让愤懑和仇恨更长时间地吞噬你的内心。
• Many people has a little ant named "worrying" in their hearts, who often comes out of its nest to eat away their rare happiness.
  许多人心中都潜藏着一只名字叫做‘烦恼’的小蚂蚁，常常放出来吃掉自己难得的快乐。
• They eat away at healthy muscle.
  节食会消耗掉你健康的肌肉；
• Toiling away at a job you hate may eat away at your happiness over time.
  埋头苦干一项你痛恨的工作可能会逐渐侵蚀你的快乐。
• Finally when they are golden brown take the scones off the baking sheet and leave them to cool or eat them straight away with butter and jam or clotted cream.
  烤至金黄色时，把烤饼从烤板上拿下来冷却或是蘸着果酱或固体奶油马上食用。