eat into

英 [iːt ˈɪntə]

美 [iːt ˈɪntə]

消耗，耗费（时间或资源）; （酸、锈等）侵蚀，腐蚀

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 消耗，耗费（时间或资源）
  If somethingeats intoyour time or your resources, it uses them, when they should be used for other things.
  1. Responsibilities at home and work eat into his time...
     家庭和工作的双重负担耗费了他的时间。
  2. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
     工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。
• PHRASAL VERB (酸、锈等)侵蚀，腐蚀
  If a substance such as acid or rusteats intosomething, it destroys or damages its surface.
  1. Ulcers occur when the stomach's natural acids eat into the lining of the stomach.
     胃酸侵蚀胃内壁引发溃疡。

英英释义

verb

• gnaw into
  1. The injustice rankled her
  2. his resentment festered
  Synonym:fretranklegrate

双语例句

• No evidence, at once so slight and irrefragable, of a subtle disease that had long since begun to eat into the real substance of his character.
  眼下也没有任何证据比这更微不足道却无可辩驳地说明：一种微妙的疾病早已开始蚕食他性格的实体了。
• Ulcers occur when the stomach's natural acids eat into the lining of the stomach.
  胃酸侵蚀胃内壁引发溃疡。
• Trivial interruptions tend to eat into the working day.
  琐事的干扰往往会把工作日的时间用掉。
• Traders would rather see their funding currency drop in value, rather than increase, as rises eat into and eventually erase their profits.'The fact that the U.
  融资套利交易者更乐见借入货币的汇率下跌而不是上涨，因为汇率上扬会缩小甚至最终消除他们从这一交易中获得的利润。
• That would allow him to eat into Mr Romney's base as well as Mrs Bachmann's.
  这会使得他从根本上打败罗姆尼先生和巴赫曼夫人。
• Holding extra, higher-quality liquidity or cash reserves will also eat into profits.
  持有质量更高的额外流动性或现金储备也会侵蚀利润空间。
• But even if you do put in your eight hours a day without checking your smartphone over dinner and taking calls in the evening, work can still prey on your mind and eat into personal time.
  但就算你每天勤勤恳恳工作8个小时，不在晚餐时查手机，不在晚上接电话，工作仍然会萦绕在你心头，侵占你的私人时间。
• Higher monthly payments eat into money available for vacations, retirement savings, educational nest eggs and other financial goals.
  月供更高的话，就会消耗掉原本用于度假、退休储蓄、教育储备和其它财务支出的资金。
• Such payments would, in turn, eat into margins or drive up handset prices.
  这些支出将进而侵蚀利润率或推升手机价格。
• Don't let decadent ideas eat into yourselves.
  别让颓废的思想侵蚀你们。