eating away

基本解释

I wonder what the dickens was eating away at him.
我不知道到底是什么事在使他烦心。
It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at self-esteem and antagonizing others.
它能帮你更好地稳固关系，帮你应付生活中的一些问题；但它也具有“腐蚀性”，能侵犯自尊，挑衅他人。
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More than 1.7 million gallons of water runs over the edge every second, constantly eating away at the rock below and pushing it back as much as 20 feet in a year.
每秒钟有超过170万加仑的水冲出这个边缘，持续地腐蚀下面的岩石，一年内能将岩石冲出20英尺远。
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And it means the people in Los Angeles who were eating their food, a lot of it shipped in from far away have a distant relationship with it.
这意味着曾自给自足的洛杉矶人,所吃的食物要从远处运来,所以人与食品间的关系被拉远了
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It would also prevent a new public bridge from eating away at his toll revenues.
ECONOMIST: Infrastructure
We also devote an entire section of our Eating Away Our Freedoms websiteto PR demonization.
FORBES: Compliant Media Plays Its Role in Activists' War on Food
To be sure, Taco Bell is eating away at Chipotle, just as Einhorn said.
FORBES: Remember Einhorn's Answer: Yum! Brands Doesn't Have The Best Ingredients For Growth