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

• Eat into what kind of a!
  吃成什么样了呀！
• 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。
• 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。
• End the Meeting on Time Dont let that meeting go over its time limit. Dont let it eat into the rest of your day.
  准时结束会议不要让会议超过了它原定的时间限制，不要让它霸占你其他的时间。
• 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。
• Although some economists fear that record oil and raw materials prices will eat into company profit margins, many analysts are confident that productivity gains will help offset some of these problems.
  尽管一些经济学家担心，创纪录的石油和原材料价格会侵蚀公司的利润率，但许多分析师相信，生产率的提高将有助于消除部分问题的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。