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

• Once a particle has been detached, it must be entrained before it can bew transported away. The waves eat into them only when they are charged with sand or pebbles.
  颗粒一旦分离，它必然被挟带，然后被输移。只有挟带沙砾和碎石的波浪，才起侵蚀作用。
• ANZ Banking Group announced a jump in second half provisions as mounting losses from the global liquidity crisis eat into company profits.
  澳纽银行集团宣布了跳转，在下半年的规定，作为安装的损失，从全球的流动性危机吃的到公司的利润。
• Both companies and consumers face difficult times as surging energy and food prices start to eat into profits and disposable income.
  随着不断飙升的能源及食品价格开始侵蚀利润和可支配收入，企业和消费者的日子都不好过。
• 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。
• Eat into what kind of a!
  吃成什么样了呀！
• You may like to keep several snapshots of a file system, but just keep in mind that this will eat into the space of the original file system and will need to be managed.
  您可能希望为一个文件系统保留多个快照，但请记住，这将消耗原始文件系统的空间，而且多个快照需要管理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。