chip away at

英 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

美 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

逐步破坏，渐渐削弱（观点、感觉或体制）; 逐渐还清（债务）; 慢慢减少（金额）

双语例句

• But in a landmark move this year, the central bank gave them more flexibility in setting benchmark lending and deposit rates, unleashing competitive forces that have already started to chip away at their margins.
  但中国央行今年做出了一项具有里程碑意义的举措，赋予银行在制定基准存贷款利率方面更多的灵活性，释放出竞争方面的压力。这些竞争已经开始导致它们的利润率下降。
• Instead, the closer in quality and price the knockoffs are to the genuine products, the more the counterfeit goods chip away at the company's sales, say analysts.
  分析师们称，仿冒品在质量和价格上越接近正品，品牌商的销售受到的冲击就越大。
• He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
  他用榔头和凿子铲墙。
• Rangers armed with silicon putty check the sculpture for cracks every fall but were unable to chip away at the black and green lichen that was spreading across the surface.
  每年秋天，公园管理员都会用硅腻子检查雕像的裂缝，却不能清除掉蔓延覆盖在总统面部的黑色和绿色苔藓。
• If Iran seizes this opportunity, the Iranian people will benefit from rejoining the international community, and we can begin to chip away at the mistrust between our two nations.
  如果伊朗抓住这个机会，伊朗人民将重新加入国际社会并从中受益，我们也将能着手消除我们两国之间的不信任。
• The deal is Microsoft's latest attempt to chip away at the dominance of the search leader, Google.
  这项协议是微软公司的最新努力，意在削弱互联网搜索业领头羊谷歌的垄断地位。
• Which are working to chip away at the navel-gazing literary culture of Anglo-American letters.
  他们致力于逐渐改变弥漫于英美文学圈子里的如井底之蛙般的风气。
• Motorola is developing a digital tablet device that will allow users to watch television on it as it joins other tech companies aiming to chip away at a market established by Apple's popular iPad.
  摩托罗拉（Motorola）正开发一款数字平板设备，用户将能通过该设备收看电视，该公司由此加入其他科技公司的行列，以求打入由苹果（Apple）广受欢迎的iPad平板电脑开创的市场。
• You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer
  你们要不断地琢磨这个问题直到有人得出正确答案为止。
• If we admit that people need advice, we chip away at the foundations of most economic thought.
  如果我们承认人们需要建议，那么我们就动摇了大多数经济学思想的基础。