to erode

基本解释

Rising seas threaten to erode the coastline and spoil thegroundwater.
上升的海洋可能侵蚀海岸线，破坏地下水。
Mr Netanyahu and his colleagues are plainly discomfited by what they see as a burgeoning campaign, especially in the West, to erode Israel's legitimacy.
这个被内塔尼亚胡及其同僚视为蓬蓬勃发的运动侵蚀着以色列的合法地位，这种现象在西部地区尤为突出。
We want our self-confidence to be really up there, and when you look in the mirror and you start to pick at your thighs and your calves and it starts to erode your self-esteem, that's not good.
我们想要很有自信，但是当你站在镜子面前开始拨弄自己的大腿和小腿时，它侵蚀着你的自尊，这种感觉很不好。

The clubhouse burned down in nineteen forty-six, and the island continued to erode.
Suddenly, the distinctions that the simile works so hard to establish are beginning to erode.
突然，这种比喻竭力想要表现的区别,开始崩塌。
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So there is a fear and I think that is what this change is tapping into, a grumpy,worried national audience that is very,very concerned that somehow when their lives are somewhat fragile, things are going to even erode or crack further,"

The third effect is to erode California's claim to have America's most highly skilled labour force.
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