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

• Order your favourite meals and eat the night away.
  点你最喜欢的菜，吃它一个晚上。
• Wouldn't it eat away at me over the years?
  我就这样年复一年的消磨下去吗？
• 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。
• Because it will eat away our profits.
  因为这样会减少我们的盈利。
• I never did understand what was eat away at her.
  我始终不懂什么事在使她烦心。
• They eat away at healthy muscle.
  节食会消耗掉你健康的肌肉；
• 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。
• The recession is eating away at their revenues.
  经济衰退正在消耗他们的财政收入。
• But its best-value-for-money calculation, which ranks the schools based on a ratio of debt and earnings for recent graduates, finds that the costs of the top-flight schools eat away most of their value.
  但是它的最佳性价比排名基于学校近几届毕业生的负债和收入之比的排名发现，顶级商学院的高收费基本抵消了它的价值。