eating away

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。
3. Feminism was never so successful in eating away at femininity as the present culture that makes women fear food and so show a lack of faith in their talents and pride in their natural form.
   那时的女权运动都没能像如今的文化这样“成功”地磨灭掉女性的气质。现在的文化让女性对食物感到恐惧，使女性表现出缺乏对个人才华的自信和对自然形体的自豪。
4. Everywhere there are negative forces eating away at the foundations of peace.
   到处都有负面的力量在吞噬和平的根基。
5. Digital devices are not eating away at our brains.
   数码设备不会蚕食我们的大脑。
6. Rust is eating away the iron hinge.
   铁锈正腐蚀着铁铰链。
7. I liked to think of myself as a grown man, but consternation was eating away at my bravado like a starved piranha devouring its prey.
   我那时喜欢把自己看作是一个大人，但惊恐慌乱就像一条饥肠辘辘的食人鱼吞食猎物一般，渐渐攻破了我的虚张声势。
8. With Germany going through a phase of reform fatigue and falling unemployment eating away at politicians 'appetite for further deregulation, the likelihood of new reforms that would lower the barrier between first-and second-class workers seems low.
   由于德国正经历一段改革疲劳期，同时不断下降的失业率降低了政治家们进一步解除管制的兴趣，因此进行新一轮改革、以降低头等与二等工人之间门槛的可能性似乎不大。
9. "Therefore, the corrosion is caused by erosion of rainwater during ocean shipping." The sea has been eating away at this cliff for centuries.
   因此，这些腐蚀是海运途中雨水的侵蚀造成的。千百年来海水一直在侵蚀着这悬崖峭壁。
10. But what's eating away at you?
    但是什么改变了你？
11. I must repair the boot of my car because rust is eating away the metal.
    我必须修理一下我汽车的行李箱，因为铁锈正在腐蚀着金属。
12. Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
    指物质，特别是强酸；能够通过化学作用破坏或者侵蚀。
13. The company is going through a difficult time and it is really eating away at the young manager.
    公司正处于困难时期，这位年轻的经理寝食难安。
14. The acid has been eating away the sides of the container. electronic casing caliper
    酸腐蚀着容器的四壁。套管内壁腐蚀电子检查仪
15. That is eating away at the barrier seals protecting the safe zones.
    正在侵蚀安全地区的隔离封带。
16. This fear it apparently was, rather than any organic disease, which was eating away the health of John South.
    正是这种恐惧，而不是机体的任何病症，正在引人注目地吞噬掉约翰·苏斯的健康。
17. And you just don't realize that it's eating away at your soul.
    而我都没意识到，这种面具生活正在吞噬自己的灵魂。
18. The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.
    大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
19. It is matched now by parallel criminal networks, such as those exporting oil illegally, which are eating away at the state.
    如今，它正受到类似犯罪网络（例如上述非法出口石油的组织）的对抗，这些组织一直在困扰着政府。
20. Stop settling for whatever it is that is eating away at you!
    无论是解决停就是蚕食你！
21. Rocketing global oil prices are eating away at the high-flying Chinese economy, provoking a slowdown that officials and analysts warn could lead to inflation, AFP reported.
    法新社报道，全球飞速上升的油价正在吞噬高速发展的中国经济，官方和分析家警告说，引发的经济减速可能导致通货膨胀。
22. The river was eating away at the banks.
    河水在不断地侵蚀两岸。
23. My flesh is burning off my bones and I can feel the worms eating away my brain.
    我的肉体在从我的骨骼烧离，我能感觉到蠕虫在吃掉我的脑髓。
24. Computerised high-frequency trading could have convinced potential investors that the system is gamed against them by eating away at profit opportunities and liquidity.
    电脑操控的高频交易对市场获利机会和流动性的侵蚀，可能导致潜在投资者认为整个市场机制对他们不利。
25. The sea has been eating away at this cliff for centuries.
    千百年来海水一直在侵蚀着这悬崖峭壁。
26. The moral decay is presently eating away at this country.
    道德的堕落正在不断地挖空这个国家的根基。
27. Competition from across the border is eating away at local retail trade.
    深圳零售业带来的竞争大大抢走了本地零售业的生意。
28. You could see that jealousy was eating away at her.
    你可以看出来嫉妒正令她寝食难安。
29. But with prices so low, the Chinese merchandise is eating away at their market share.
    但由于价格非常低廉，中国商品正在蚕食他们的市场份额。
30. Our'fast-food'culture is quickly destroying our ability to sustain our living – we are consuming ourselves and eating away at our own future.
    文化正快速地让我们无法生活稳定，因为我们正在消费自己、啃蚀著我们的未来。

noun

1. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

   Synonym:    erosionerodingwearingwearing away