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

• 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。
• Such automated downloading can cause significant strain on a server that's hosting the content and eat away at the host's bandwidth.
  此类自动化的下载会导致大大加重保存有该内容的服务器的负担，并消耗主机的大量带宽。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just as rust eats away iron, indulgence in bourgeois ways of life may eat away one's revolutionary will.
  正如铁锈会腐蚀铁一样，沉溺资产阶级生活方式会消磨掉一个人的革命意志。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• They eat away at healthy muscle.
  节食会消耗掉你健康的肌肉；
• 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。
• 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。