erodes

英 [ɪˈrəʊdz]

美 [ɪˈroʊdz]

v.  侵蚀; 腐蚀; 风化; 逐渐毁坏; 削弱; 损害
erode的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）侵蚀;(使)腐蚀;(使)风化
  If rock or soilerodesoris erodedby the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.
  1. By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded...
     到1980年，迈阿密海滩已经完全风蚀了。
  2. Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
     一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
• V-ERG （权威、权利、信心等）逐渐丧失；削弱
  If someone's authority, right, or confidenceerodesoris eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed.
  1. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority...
     批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
  2. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.
     美国人心中上帝赋予了他们独一无二的品质的信念开始逐渐丧失。
• V-ERG （使）贬值;（使）降价
  If the value of somethingerodesoris erodedby something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.
  1. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits...
     金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
  2. The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.
     刚好在这个时候，美元开始迅速贬值。

双语例句

• As this protective layer erodes, nerve cells gradually lose their ability to transmit signals.
  因为这层保护层被破坏，神经细胞逐渐失去了传导信号的能力。
• As a result, damage accumulates and the myelin sheath erodes.
  结果，破坏累积导致神经鞘进一步腐蚀。
• Prosecutors might hope vagueness will deter, but instead it erodes respect for the law.
  检方也许希望这种模糊能起到威慑作用，但恰恰相反，它反而削弱了人们对法律的尊重。
• Unnecessary cost erodes the profits.
  一些不必要的费用影响利润。
• In the past it has helped lighten the burden of public debt. But it also erodes the savings of the less well off.
  过去，它有助于减轻公共债务的负担，但也侵蚀了较不富裕人群的储蓄。
• However, cuts are now coming more widely as the slump in equities erodes trading revenues, while the shrinking economy hits demand for investment banking services.
  然而，随着股市暴跌侵蚀了投行的交易收入，同时经济收缩影响到对投行服务的需求，如今裁员范围更加广泛。
• They're right about that: an undervalued currency promotes inflation, erodes the real wages of Chinese workers and squanders Chinese resources.
  他们在这一点上也是有道理的：定值低的货币将会促进通货膨胀，侵蚀中国工人的实际工资，浪费中国的资源。
• First, it erodes the surfaces of some materials.
  第一，它会侵蚀一些材料的表面。
• Man also mines for gold, silver, and copper which then erodes the soil and hurts the plants of the Andes.
  人类开采金矿，银矿以及铜矿，这样不但腐蚀了土壤并伤害了安地斯山脉的植被。
• In other words, drug-resistant TB severely strains and erodes the very capacities needed to prevent its emergence in the first place.
  换句话说，耐药结核病严重削弱和损害了为预防此病所需的能力。