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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But I have to ask. it's justgonna eat away at me.
  不过我要问你，我快忍不住了。
• Eat away children, you're welcome to all you want Well, wash your hands, please.
  吃吧，孩子们，尽情地吃吧。那好吧，先去洗手吧。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• I never did understand what was eat away at her.
  我始终不懂什么事在使她烦心。
• 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。