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

• They eat away at healthy muscle.
  节食会消耗掉你健康的肌肉；
• But I have to ask. it's justgonna eat away at me.
  不过我要问你，我快忍不住了。
• 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。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• Eat away your blues.
  吃走你的忧郁。
• The recession is eating away at their revenues.
  经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• He wants to eat away.
  他想痛快得吃。
• Wouldn't it eat away at me over the years?
  我就这样年复一年的消磨下去吗？
• 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。