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

• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• They eat away at healthy muscle.
  节食会消耗掉你健康的肌肉；
• 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。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• Rot is eating away the interior of the house
  房子内部正逐渐受到侵蚀。
• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• Order your favourite meals and eat the night away.
  点你最喜欢的菜，吃它一个晚上。
• Eat away your blues.
  吃走你的忧郁。
• Toiling away at a job you hate may eat away at your happiness over time.
  埋头苦干一项你痛恨的工作可能会逐渐侵蚀你的快乐。