phrasal verbphr vREDUCEto gradually remove or destroy something 侵蚀;逐渐破坏SYN erode
The stones are being eaten away by pollution.
石头正受到污染侵蚀。
Examples from the Corpus
eat away• Azhag was not entirely Azhag any more, the immeasurably strongpersonality of Nagash was gradually eating him away.• He never brought in anything unless he had plans to eat it right away.• Or you could always eat them straight away!• If you were to eat one right away, it would be doughy and underdone.• Elizabeth: No, I could eat and get away with it.