chip away at

英 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

美 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

逐步破坏，渐渐削弱（观点、感觉或体制）; 逐渐还清（债务）; 慢慢减少（金额）

双语例句

• Motorola is developing a digital tablet device that will allow users to watch television on it as it joins other tech companies aiming to chip away at a market established by Apple's popular iPad.
  摩托罗拉（Motorola）正开发一款数字平板设备，用户将能通过该设备收看电视，该公司由此加入其他科技公司的行列，以求打入由苹果（Apple）广受欢迎的iPad平板电脑开创的市场。
• If done on a large scale, this would chip away at the state banking monopoly.
  如果大批贷款公司变身为银行，将会打破国有银行所处的垄断地位。
• You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer
  你们要不断地琢磨这个问题直到有人得出正确答案为止。
• Her comments were beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.
  她的话开始削弱他的自信心。
• I am trying to chip away at them from various angles: by considering – among other topics – the'doubleness'of Mozart's accompanied sonatas; Mozart's uses of silence in his instrumental music;
  我试图从很多不同的角度来逐步剖析这些：与其他课题放在一起，思考研究莫扎特伴奏奏鸣曲的双重性；
• The deal is Microsoft's latest attempt to chip away at the dominance of the search leader, Google.
  这项协议是微软公司的最新努力，意在削弱互联网搜索业领头羊谷歌的垄断地位。
• He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
  他用榔头和凿子铲墙。
• Half-heartedness in an entrepreneurial endeavor will chip away at your drive to succeed.
  在创业过程中三心二意，将让你失去成功的动力。
• If Iran seizes this opportunity, the Iranian people will benefit from rejoining the international community, and we can begin to chip away at the mistrust between our two nations.
  如果伊朗抓住这个机会，伊朗人民将重新加入国际社会并从中受益，我们也将能着手消除我们两国之间的不信任。
• If we admit that people need advice, we chip away at the foundations of most economic thought.
  如果我们承认人们需要建议，那么我们就动摇了大多数经济学思想的基础。