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

• If that were not enough, the fruit also protects our mitochondria& the elements of cells which turn the food we eat into energy.
  如果这还不够说明问题的话，番茄还有保护人体内线粒体的功效。线粒体是一种将我们摄入的食物转化为能量的细胞成分。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Having launched this deadly idea, which was to eat into the basis of papal power, Frederick departed on his "crusade".
  在倡导这种致命的、侵蚀教皇权力基础的思想后，腓特烈带着他的十字军出发了。
• Just a few pips now and then will add up quickly and eat into your trading profits.
  甚至几个点也迅速结算，损耗你的交易利润。
• 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。
• 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。
• And they eat into your day, forcing you to squeeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.
  它会消耗掉你的一天时间，迫使你挤压真正需要干的事情，会让你变得匆忙。
• They had to eat into their savings to pay for their daughter's wedding.
  他们只得动用存款以支付女儿结婚的费用。