• vt. 腐蝕，侵蝕
• vi. 侵蝕；受腐蝕

e-, 向外。-rad, 刮，磨，詞源同raze, rodent.

erode

erode: see rostrum

erode (v.)

1610s, "gnaw or eat away" (transitive), a back-formation from erosion, or else from French éroder, from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume," from assimilated form of ex- "away" (see ex-) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent). Intransitive sense "become worn away" is by 1905. Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830.

1. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.

美國(guó)人心中上帝賦予了他們獨(dú)一無(wú)二的品質(zhì)的信念開(kāi)始逐漸喪失。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The pressure towards uniformity constantly threatens to erode local traditions.

一體化的壓力一直威脅著地方傳統(tǒng).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.

剛好在這個(gè)時(shí)候，美元開(kāi)始迅速貶值。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. These high levels of inequality erode social cohesion in the region.

這些嚴(yán)重的不平等侵蝕了該地區(qū)的社會(huì)凝聚力。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. They had already seen the value of their stock erode considerably.

他們已經(jīng)看到了他們的股票價(jià)值下跌了不少.

來(lái)自辭典例句