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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• He wants to eat away.
  他想痛快得吃。
• 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。
• This time, net profit fell 27% from the previous year as intense competition continued to eat away at the company's smartphone business.
  由于激烈的竞争继续吞噬着三星的智能手机市场，公司净利润比去年下跌了27%。
• And yet, something was missing. Slowly, a dark void found its way into my heart and began to eat away at my happiness.
  可是，我总觉得缺了些什么，慢慢地，我心里产生了一种阴暗的空虚感，它开始吞噬我的幸福。
• 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。
• But I have to ask. it's justgonna eat away at me.
  不过我要问你，我快忍不住了。