| 单词 | eat away |
| 释义 | eat away (once / 7378 pages) v To eat away is to gradually wear away or destroy, the way salt water will slowly eat away at the wooden pilings holding up a dock. Sharply carved granite along a rocky shore is evidence that the sea will eat away at anything that spends enough time with waves crashing on it. In addition to corrosive substances like salt water and acid, an emotion like regret or anger can figuratively eat away too: "I'm done being mad at my brother. That negative emotion never bothers him, but it eats away at me." WORD FAMILYeat away: ate away, eaten away, eating away, eats away USAGE EXAMPLESAt the same time, low oil prices continue to eat away at energy companies' abilities to repay their debts. Reuters(Dec 20, 2016) The worry is that changing fashion trends and intensifying competition are eating away at Nike’s global dominance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Money troubles are eating away at one of the few ties that bind us: regional and local newspapers. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) 1v wear away or erode Syn|Hyper fret corrode, rust become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid 2v remove soil or rock Syn|Hypo|Hyper erode, fret wash form by erosion damage inflict damage upon |
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