eat away at

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To erode. transitive
    — The river is eating away at the river bank.
  2. To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually. transitive
    — The expenses ate away at our profits.
  3. To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something. transitive
    — Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.

词形变化

eats away at present,singular,third-person eating away at participle,present ate away at past eaten away at participle,past

词源

From eat away + at.
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