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eat away at something
phrasal verb with eatverb[ I or T ]uk /iːt/ us /iːt/ate | eaten
to gradually damage or destroy something逐渐毁掉；侵蚀；损耗
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
applecart
butcher
drive a wedge between someoneidiom
dry rot
eat
erode
flaw
foul
queer
rain on someone's paradeidiom
rampage
ravage
ravages
seismic
sour
wreck
eat away at someone
phrasal verb with eatverb[ I or T ]uk /iːt/ us /iːt/ate | eaten
If a bad memory or feeling eats away at someone, it makes them feel more and more unhappy.长期困扰;烦扰
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
aback
amiss
appal
be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom
bite
bum
haunt
heartbreaker
heartbreakingly
hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
horrify
nerve
self-laceration
sensitivity
shake someone out of something
shake someone up
shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom
shattering
tear
toxic
eat away at something | American Dictionary
eat away at something
phrasal verb with eatverb[ I/T ]us/it/past tenseateus/eɪt/ | past participleeatenus/ˈi·tən/
to slowly damage or destroy something:
Waves had eaten away at the sand dunes.
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