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

• 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。
• 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%。
• Eat away your blues.
  吃走你的忧郁。
• I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't.
  我以为他会马上吃，但他没有。
• The recession is eating away at their revenues.
  经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
• The chlorine atoms eat away at the ozone layer.
  氯原子大量吞噬臭氧。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• He wants to eat away.
  他想痛快得吃。
• But I have to ask. it's justgonna eat away at me.
  不过我要问你，我快忍不住了。
• 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。