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；
• 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。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• Time really doesn't heal, it just gives the bitterness and resentment longer to eat away at you from inside.
  实际上，时间不会治愈创伤，而会让愤懑和仇恨更长时间地吞噬你的内心。
• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• Wouldn't it eat away at me over the years?
  我就这样年复一年的消磨下去吗？
• 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。
• But I have to ask. it's justgonna eat away at me.
  不过我要问你，我快忍不住了。
• The recession is eating away at their revenues.
  经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
• He wants to eat away.
  他想痛快得吃。