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

• First, it erodes the surfaces of some materials.
  第一，它会侵蚀一些材料的表面。
• Whining or complaining about strategic issues in front of direct reports only undermines the other leaders in your circle and erodes any trust those subordinates had of them.
  在直接下属面前抱怨战略问题，只会损害你圈子里的其他领导者，并且破坏这些下属对他们的信任。
• Layoffs continue and compensation erodes further.
  裁员仍在继续，补偿金蚕食着银行业。
• Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution.
  长期的和平常会腐蚀大众的信心。
• Furthermore, inflation erodes other kinds of government revenue.
  此外，通货膨胀损害了政府的其他各种收入。
• 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。
• This pact slowly erodes as members defect and outside demand gets more elastic.
  随着成员国的背叛以及外部的需求变得更有弹性，这个协定就慢慢地失掉约束力。
• 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。
• Nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral, no matter what name we give it.
  任何凌驾于法律之上的行为都是不道德的，不管我们给它们取的名字有多花哨！
• Inflation erodes the purchasing power of the families with lower income.
  通货膨胀使低收入家庭的购买力不断下降。