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

• 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。
• Global warming erodes coastlines, spreads pests and water-borne diseases and produces more erratic weather patterns.
  全球变暖侵蚀海岸线，使虫灾泛滥、水性传染病扩散，气候变化更加无常。
• It erodes self-awareness and self-restraint, and fosters self-indulgence.
  它降低了自知之明，消磨了自制力，让人变得放纵。
• 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。
• 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。
• The proposals, published by the International Accounting Standards Board, come as banks report mounting losses on existing loans as the global economic downturn erodes the ability of both consumers and companies to pay back debts.
  IASB公布该提案之际，随着全球经济低迷侵蚀了消费者和企业偿还债务的能力，银行现有贷款的损失不断扩大。
• 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。
• 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！
• Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution.
  长期的和平常会腐蚀大众的信心。
• 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。