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

• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• 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。
• The recession is eating away at their revenues.
  经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wouldn't it eat away at me over the years?
  我就这样年复一年的消磨下去吗？
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。