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

• 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。
• He wants to eat away.
  他想痛快得吃。
• Everyone attend to not up so many, with avidity eat right away.
  大家都顾不上这么多，马上狼吞虎咽地吃起来。
• It just gives the bitterness and resentment longer to eat away at you from inside.
  而会让愤懑和仇恨更长时间地吞噬你的内心。
• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• Many fruit teas are acidic and eat away at tooth enamel, with lemon and blackcurrant among the most damaging.
  很多果茶都是酸性的，会慢慢侵蚀掉牙表面的釉质，其中要属柠檬和黑加仑的腐蚀性最强。
• 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。
• We didn't want to eat them right away, so I peeled them and raised them, finally I put them in my freezer.
  我们没有马上吃掉这些蚌，所以我把它们都去了壳，洗好了，最后进入冷冻室保存。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• Your fair figure might eat away still further at your fading happiness.
  你的合理数字可能会进一步吞噬你逐渐衰减的幸福感。